Greece: Government prepares measures to facilitate access to parental leave 

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The news. On 16 October, Greek Labour Minister Niki Kerameus announced that a bill is currently being drafted to bring “greater flexibility” to the use of parental leave. The text plans to abolish the one-year period that currently applies between taking two periods of leave. A parent with two children will therefore be able to benefit from four months of parental leave twice within the same year. Furthermore, when both the father and mother work for the same employer, they will no longer have

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