No, paternity leave shall be granted irrespective of the marital status or the family status of the worker and shall not be subject to the qualification of a period of work or of length of service.

Parental leave is an individual right granted to each parent on the grounds of the birth or adoption of a child to enable them to take care of the child for a period of 4 months until the child is 8 years old.

Parental leave is granted to every parent in employment, whether full-time, part-time and whether employed on an indefinite or a fixed-term contract, provided that the worker has been in the same employment for a continuous period of at least 12 months.

Yes, every adoptive parent to parental leave for each child adopted.

Yes, foster parents are entitled to parental leave, however foster parents are entitled to 4 months in total per parent, and not per child fostered.

No, L.N. 452.125 defines “parental leave” as leave from work for parents on the grounds of the birth or adoption of a child effective from 2ndAugust 2022. Thus, the entitlement to paid parental leave as provided by such regulations is only applicable upon the birth or adoption of a child which occurs on or after the 2nd August 2022.