Orlando: 'Compensated parental leave up to 12 years'

The Government has

decrees transposing European directives that "extend the rights of workers and introduce measures for the improvement of living and working conditions".

This was made known by the Minister of Labor, Andrea Orlando with a note in which he stresses that among the regulations

.

In addition, the months of parental leave covered by allowances (30% of pay) have

in total. 

Then the right to parental leave

will be extended from 10 to 11 months.

This is what is foreseen by one of the two draft legislative decrees approved today by the Council of Ministers for the transposition of EU directives.

Until now, the extension to 11 months was valid only in the case of use by both parents with the use of five months by the father.

"The level of the relative indemnity - Orlando explains in a note - is 30 percent of the salary, in the measure of

, for a total period of six months. To this is added a further period of three months, transferable between parents and usable alternatively between them, to which an allowance equal to 30% of the salary is connected. Therefore, without prejudice to the maximum limits of parental leave that can be used by parents, the months of parental leave covered by allowance are increased from six to nine in total. The allowance due to parents, alternatively between them, for the period of extension of up to three years of parental leave taken for the severely disabled child, is 30% ".

Orlando specifies that "the age of the child is increased from six to twelve years, within which the parents,

parents , can take advantage of parental leave, compensated in the terms described above" and that "the right to the indemnity has been extended. maternity in favor of self-employed workers and freelancers, respectively, also for any anticipated periods of abstention due to high-risk pregnancy ".