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Law
Paternity Leave Private sector: father has the right to a 2-day leave for each
3 childbirth.
law 2001

Code for Civil Servants

Permission for Public Sector In case of death

maternity 3 A pregnant woman has the right to leave with full wages for 2
months in advance and 3 months after she gives birth to her
of the mother
another
Code for Civil Servants child. In case she already has more than 3 children, the maternity progenitor can
leave increases by 2 months. use the totality
The public servant that adopts a child has the right to 3months or the part that
leave with full wages, in the first half of the year after the the mother
completion of the adoption procedures, provided the adopted child could not have
is younger than 6 months of age. enjoyed

Private Sector
Working women have the right to a maternity leave of 17 weeks.
The first 8 weeks are compulsorily given before the predicted date The female
of the childbirth and remaining rest 9 weeks after, but employers worker has the
Law 2000-01 right to a sum
often agree to adjustments of these periods according to the
mother’s wishes of money, in
case of IVF
(artificial
insemination)
and for the
childbirth
(delivery)
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Extneded leave Public Sector

of absence for
care of relatives
3 Civil servants have the right to extended leave without wages for
a maximum of 2 years, when it comes to the upbringing of the
Code for Civil Servants child. The leave is compulsory for the Service.
and children
The working timetable of the servant is reduced for 2 hours per
working day, provided he/she has children under 2 years of age
and for 1 hour provided he/she has children from 2 to 4 years of
age. An alternative is a leave of 9 months with full wages for
upbringing of a child.

Private sector
After the employee has completed one year with a particular
employer that employ at least 50 persons and of the other parent
is working, the employee has the right to special leave for the
upbringing of the child up to the age of 3.5 years of age. It is a
special leave without wages during which the holder retains
his/her insurance by paying by himself/herself the complete
Law1993 amount of the insurance contribution.

Voluntary For education purposes a voluntary extended leaves of absence

extended leaves
of absence
3 can be given to applicant for maximum four years
Code for Civil Servants

Vacations and Private sector

permissions for
maternity,
3 For lactation up to 2 years mothers have the right to a pause in
their work for 1 hour per day, or to go to work 1 hour later. The
law 1993 time reduction can be continued for 2 hours and for 1 year, after
lactation or
an agreement between the two parties. The father has the right
paternity (or ilt
to this special leave in case the mother does not make use of it. .
for pregnancy) The reduced working time is fully paid as a working time.
The above right applies to both natural and step parents of
children of up to 6 years of age.
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Reduction of Public Sector

day for minors'
care
3 In case of illness of dependent children or other dependants, a
special arrangement for leave applies, without wages, up to 6
Code for Civil Servants working days for each year, 8 days for 2 children and 12 for more
children. Dependent persons are defined as: a) children up to 16
years of age (natural or adopted), b)children older than 16
provided they suffer from a heavy illness or disability, c) husband
or wife who is not able to take care of him/herself, and d)parents
or singles brothers/sisters who cannot take care of themselves.

Private Sector
Parents with disabled or problematic children, have the right to a
reduced working timetable for 1 hour per day, with a
corresponding cut in the wages, under the following conditions:
a)The holder is working in an enterprise with more than 50
employees and b) has a child with reduced physical, mental or
intellectual ability.
law1984

Permission paid Public Sector

by surgical
intervention of
3 The public servant that has a child with a disease that demands
frequent blood transfusion or needs frequent hospitalization, has
Code for Civil Servants the right for a special leave with full wages up to 22 working days
relatives
per year.
without
hospitalization Private Sector
Parents with disabled or problematic children, have the right to a
reduced working timetable for 1 hour per day, with a
Law1984 corresponding cut in the wages, under the following conditions:
a)The holder is working in an enterprise with more than 50
employees and b) has a child with reduced physical, mental or
intellectual ability.
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Permission to Public Sector - Private Sector

visit the school
where the
3 A permission to visit the school where the children attend lessons:
Four (4) days per year with full wages for the employee with
Code for Civil Servants children up to 17 years of age that attend lessons of the primary
children attend ⎯⎯ or secondary education
lessons Law1984 In case of single-parent family the permission applies for six (6)
days and if there are more than three children the permission
rises to eight (8) days.
Surrogate Public Sector
mother leave 3 A public servant-pregnant-surrogate mother has the right to the
foreseen leave by the Public Servant Code, for 2 months in
Code for Civil Servants advance and 3 months after birth. However, she does not have the
right to the reduction of her working timetable or the 9-months
leave with full wages.

The legal mother-public servant has the right to a part of the

maternity leave and specifically 3 months with full wages after the
surrogate mother gave birth to the child. Also she has the right to
the facilitation of the working time reduction for 2 hours per day,
provided the child is less than 2 years of age, or for 1 hour per day
if the child is between 2 and 4 years of age, or alternatively 9
months with full wages for upbringing of the child.