Bill to extend parental leave and make work-life balance easier

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

1. The bill would recognize the right to work-life balance as an individual right for all workers, and would require collective bargaining to include measures to make that right effective.
2. It would equalize maternity and paternity leave: ten non-transferable weeks for each parent plus ten shared weeks, for a total of 30 weeks in single-parent families. Leave could be taken full time or part time, and a single parent would get 30 weeks.
3. If both parents split the shared weeks equally, each would get two extra weeks of leave as a co-parenting bonus.
4. It would equalize maternity and paternity benefits, with a subsidy of 100 % of the regulatory base, and create a special subsidy for people who meet all requirements except the minimum contribution period.
5. Companies with more than 250 workers would have to tell employees, on request, the average pay by job group, broken down by sex, and publish that data in their annual accounts; listed companies would also publish it on their website. Public administrations would have similar duties.
6. It would expand family support: single-parent families with two children would qualify as large families, unmarried partners would count as parents for that status, and the special category would cover families with four or more children.

Who it affects

• Employees and public sector workers: longer and equal leave for both parents, a right to work-life balance, and the option to convert up to ten vacation days into hours for personal matters
• Companies with more than 100 or 250 workers: new pay transparency, salary audit and equality plan duties, plus Social Security contribution rebates
• Large families, single-parent families and unmarried couples: wider access to large-family status and its benefits
• Single mothers and fathers: 30 weeks of leave and recognition as a large family with two children

Words worth knowing

Convenio colectivo (collective bargaining agreement)

An agreement negotiated between employers and worker representatives that sets working conditions for a sector or company.

Base reguladora (regulatory base)

The reference amount used to calculate how much a Social Security benefit pays.

Bonificación de cuotas (contribution rebate)

A discount or exemption on the money a company must pay to Social Security for each worker.

Excedencia (unpaid leave of absence)

A situation where a worker stops working and receiving pay for a time but keeps the right to return to their job.

Guarda con fines de adopción (foster care for adoption purposes)

A measure placing a child in the care of a family while adoption is being processed.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries