Finland: parental leave reform to promote gender equality

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Finland's new parental leave system, which comes into effect on 01 August 2022, aims to improve parents’ work-life balance, strengthen the role of fathers, and take various family configurations better into account. Approved by the Finnish Parliament on 08 December 2021, this reform will apply mainly to children whose due dates are on or after 04 September 2022.
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In order to strengthen gender equality and allow fathers to spend more time with their children, the parental leave reform now grants each parent an equal quota of compensated leave days (160 days) after the birth or adoption of their child and removes the former paternity leave of 54 working days. The new measures will come into effect on 01 August 2022 and will apply to children whose due dates are on or after 04 September 2022 and to children adopted on or after 31 July 2022.

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