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With French president Emmanuel Macron having announced that he wants to replace parental leave with a new, shorter but better-paid birth leave scheme by 2025, mind RH takes a look at how parental leave is implemented across the European Union. While all 27 member states now have a parental leave allowance of at least four months, either paid or partially compensated, the benefits vary from country to country.
All 27 member states of the European Union now have parental leave allowances of at least four months, in line with the provisions of Directive 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and carers. This text obliges all countries to align with this minimum level and insists that parental leave must be sufficiently remunerated or compensated to encourage both parents to take it. Several countries have had to revise their legislation as a result. These include Spain, which has finally introduced
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Article authors
Nathalie Tran
Editor-in-Chief Mind HR
Aymeric Marolleau
Editor-in-Chief Data & Lab
Datajournalisme, économie et numérique. J’enseigne aussi le journalisme de données à l’EDJ de Sciences Po Paris.