Extended parental leave, including for single-parent families, and priority for parents and caregivers in accessing agile work: these are the main points of the decree-law approved by Italy’s Council of Ministers on 31 March as it transposes European Directive 2019/1158 into national Italian legislation, the objective of which is to rebalance family responsibilities between males and females and to promote gender equality.
Parental leave. The decree-law provides for several new elements. Paternity leave, instituted on an trial basis in 2013 (a single compulsory day and two optional days) and then gradually extended, now becomes structural.
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