The Act also provides for paid maternity leave, prohibits the dismissal of women during maternity leave and further provides for breastfeeding time and the establishment of children's crèches.

The Act also provides for paid maternity leave, prohibits the dismissal of women during maternity leave and further provides for breastfeeding time and the establishment of children's crèches.

four days in a calendar year for his hers religious or traditional needs. If an employee uses all four days, in a calendar year, two will be regarded as paid leave and two as unpaid leave.

Benefits for pregnancy and childbirth amount to the full monthly wage for the entire period of maternity leave given to the woman (article 218 of the Labour Code).

The Labour Law provides that every employee has a right to a paid annual vacation.

The Family Courts Act, 1964 provides for constitution of Special Family Courts to adjudicate family cases e.g. divorce, maintenance and custody of children, etc.

If a woman wishes so, she may also be given additional leave, without pay, to care for her child until the child reaches the age of three.

Maternity Leave Entitlements

Maternity and paternity leave

Rule 106.3 Maternity and paternity leave

Right to paid vacations In Latvia the right of an employee to a paid annual vacation is guaranteed by the Satversme, Article 106 of the Satversme providing that every individual shall enjoy the right to a paid annual vacation.

Paid maternity leave is available to many Australian women employees, particularly in the public sector.

You're entitled to a vacation with pay.

9.2.2 Maternity leave

In many countries, parental benefits, which had been introduced as schemes for mothers before and after confinement, developed into periods of paid leave available to both parents.

The payment recognizes the extra costs associated with the birth or adoption of a child, including loss of income while on unpaid maternity leave.

In that case, the State had, until 1998, granted additional paid leave for radiation related work in the health sector.

If the panel fails to guess your unusual crime in ten questions, you will receive two weeks vacation at a seaside resort, all expenses paid.

In the event of an accidental interruption of the pregnancy, preterm birth or any other abnormal birth, the employee is entitled to paid leave in accordance with the demands of the medical certificate.

You are a paid teacher, nothing more.

Maternity leave cannot be distributed between parents.

Workers in Malta, for example, can take unpaid responsibility leave of one year at a time to care for dependent parents or disabled children or spouses.

Women employees in the informal sector do not have a statutory right to maternity leave.

(b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances

45 per cent of all female employees are entitled to paid maternity leave as of November 2004

While on maternity leave, the employee has the right to compensation of salary. In Republika Srpska the compensation is calculated to be the average

(e) Annual leave shall accrue during the period of maternity leave.

Maternity leaves with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances.

A woman is granted a paid annual vacation before the pregnancy and childbirth leave or immediately after it, following her request, irrespective of the time the woman has worked for the respective employer.

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These include flexible hours of work provisions, 12 months of unpaid parental leave at the time of the birth or adoption of a child, and paid carer's leave.

However, due to the changes and amendments to the Law on labor, this absence from work is no longer reimbursed salary wise, so it can be stated that this is now an unpaid leave.

(b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances

Convention concerning Annual Holidays with Pay (No. 52)

Parties must also provide paid leave or adequate social security to mothers before and after childbirth, an obligation which overlaps with that of Article 9.

NON DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF MARRIAGE, PREGNANCY AND MATERNITY LEAVE

The functions referred to as unpaid domestic labour had to be fairly and equally compensated.

In 2004, the ESA, 2000 was amended to create an entitlement to family medical leave. Employees are entitled to take an unpaid leave of up to eight weeks to provide care or support to a seriously ill specified family member.

In the Syrian Arab Republic, there is no legislation on paternity leave, which is non existent, and nor is a couple able to divide maternity leave between them.

In 2003, 15,900 women were absent due to maternity leave.

(b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances

(b) to introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances

Maternity leave can be granted in continuation of or in combination with any other kind of leave including extra ordinary leave as may be due and admissible to female civil servants.

The State Employment Statute, however, makes no provision for the right of female agency workers to benefit from maternity leave, pilgrimage leave or compulsory holidays.

It proposes increasing child care leave without pay to three years from one and a half.