Equal rights of both parents to paid parental leave in

Arnalds and Eydal ILPRN 2022 Equal rights of both parents to paid parental leave in Iceland: The 2021 policy and leave use after the revision International Network on Leave Policies & Research Annual Seminar June 21-22 2022, Fordham Law School, New York Ásdís A. [...] Gíslason Arnalds & Eydal INLPR June 21-22 2022 • The law from 2000 and the take up • Extension to 12 months • Has take up increased after the recent revision of the law? Arnalds & Eydal INLPR June 21-22 2022 The Act on maternity/paternity and parental leave from 2000 The aim of the act is “…to ensure children’s care from both parents and to enable both women and men to co-ordinate family life and. [...] but the custodial parent has to give consent for the access to the child • Only in cases of one (solo) parent the parent is given the right to all 9 months (and in exceptions like if the other parent in prison, in hospital etc.) • Financed the birth leave fund that is financed by an insurance leavy from employers Arnalds & Eydal INLPR June 21-22 2022 High take-up – Statistics from the Parental Lea. [...] Will mothers receive an extra grant to purchase breast pumps?” • “I think that shortening the shared period to one month is a step backwards which will hurt the children of single mothers” Arnalds & Eydal INLPR June 21-22 2022 Arguments against • The right of the family to choose how to divide the leave • Worries that children of lone parents would not receive as long parental care as children sha. [...] to US research! Arnalds & Eydal INLPR June 21-22 2022 Support from social partners – but the governmental parties not united • The unions and the organization of employers supported the 5+5+2 division • MPs from the Independence Party, right of the centre, in the welfare committee in Althingi spoke against 5+5+2 and suggested a 4+4+4 solution, thus the governmental parties were not in full agreeme.