The bill would extend birth and care leave to nineteen weeks

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1. The bill would extend birth, adoption, foster-to-adopt and foster care leave to nineteen weeks for each parent, adoptive parent, guardian or foster carer. In one-parent families, the leave would last thirty-two weeks.
2. The leave would be split into three blocks: six mandatory, uninterrupted weeks at full time right after birth or the court decision; eleven weeks that each worker could schedule freely until the child turns twelve months; and two weeks of parental care that could be used until the child turns eight. In one-parent families, the last two blocks would be twenty-two and four weeks.
3. The leave would be individual and could not be transferred between parents. For multiple births or adoptions, or when the child has a disability, two extra weeks would be added in total, one for each parent.
4. In the public sector, parental leave to care for a child up to age eight would remain unpaid, with a maximum duration of eight weeks, continuous or not.
5. Under Social Security rules, workers would need to be registered or in an equivalent situation at the start of each leave period. The birth subsidy for people with insufficient contributions would be extended by fourteen calendar days in cases such as large families, one-parent families, multiple births or disability.
6. The two weeks of parental care usable until the child turns eight (four in one-parent families) would apply retroactively to cases arising from August 2, 2024, and could be requested from January 1, 2026 without a new recognition of the right.

Who it affects

• Employees who are biological parents, adoptive parents, guardians or foster carers: They would get longer, more flexible leave: nineteen weeks, or thirty-two in one-parent families.
• One-parent families: They would receive extended leave of thirty-two weeks to match two-parent families.
• Public sector employees: The same leave durations would apply to them, and the unpaid eight-week parental leave would be clarified.
• Workers with insufficient Social Security contributions: They could access the birth subsidy under updated rules, with fourteen extra days in certain cases.
• Employers and public administrations: They would manage fifteen-day advance notices and could limit simultaneous leave by both parents for justified, written reasons.

Words worth knowing

Guarda con fines de adopción

A measure by which a court or administration places a child in the care of a person or family while a possible adoption is processed.

Acogimiento

Foster care: a family cares for a child without adopting them, temporarily or permanently.

Suspensión del contrato

Suspension of the employment contract: a period when the worker does not work or earn wages but keeps their job.

Subsidio

A Social Security payment for people who do not meet all the requirements of the standard benefit, such as the minimum contribution period.

Base reguladora

The reference amount used to calculate how much a benefit pays, based on contribution bases.

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