Prospective parents
who receive
medically assisted procreation,
are entitled to one
hundred hours of leave paid in full by the employer between them,
independently from other types of leave entitlements. This applies irriespectively for procedures
whether done in or outside Malta.
If both the
prospective parents are in employment, the prospective parent
who is the receiving person shall be entitled to sixty hours of leave,
while the other prospective parent is entitled to forty hours of leave, and
they may take it at the same time whether employed with the same or with
different employers. If only one of the prospective parents is in employment,
the hours of leave shall be enjoyed
depending on whether the employed prospective parent would be acting as the
receiving person (sixty hours) or not (forty hours).
The prospective
parent shall
provide proof to the employer that he
is the receiving or the non-receiving person, and proof about the employment status of the other prospective
parent.
The entitlement
to one hundred hours of leave for medically assisted
procreation with full pay shall be granted for every process up to a maximum of
three processes.
An employee who intends to avail himself of such leave has to inform the
employer in writing at least 2 weeks beforehand, and include a written
certification by the medical practitioner in charge of such a procedure.