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What it is

More protection for parents taking leave to care for children

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 30 November 1993. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Catalán (Convergencia i Unió).

Official title: Private member's bill regulating parental and maternity leave.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000039· updated 11 Nov

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  1. Private sector workers have the right to leave of up to three years to care for each child, by birth or adoption. The time counts toward seniority, they get access to job training, and their job is held for the first year.
  2. Civil servants get a similar right: leave of up to three years per child, with their position held for the first year and the time counted toward seniority raises and pension rights.
  3. Temporary replacement contracts for someone on leave get cuts in the employer's Social Security contributions: 95% the first year, 60% the second and 50% the third, if the replacement is an unemployed person who has been receiving benefits for over a year.
  4. This childcare leave counts as a status equivalent to being registered for unemployment benefits, though not as contributed time. The rule also requires that collective agreements be published free of charge in the official gazette.

Who it affects

  • Private sector workers who request leave to care for a child.: They can take up to three years of leave, with their job held for the first year and the time counting toward seniority.
  • Civil servants.: They have the same right to childcare leave, with their own rules for holding their position.
  • Companies that hire someone to replace a worker on leave.: They can pay lower Social Security contributions if they hire long-term unemployed people.
  • Unemployed people who have been receiving benefits for more than a year.: They can be hired for these replacement jobs, which benefits the employer.

Words worth knowing

Excedencia
Leave status where the worker stops working and receiving pay but keeps certain rights and can return to their job later.
Interinidad
Temporary contract to replace a worker who is on leave, sick leave or in a similar situation.
Cotizaciones empresariales a la Seguridad Social
Money the employer pays into Social Security for each worker.
Trienios
Pay raises civil servants receive every three years of service.
Situación asimilada al alta
A status that, without working, counts as being registered with Social Security for certain purposes.

It summarizes the law as published in the BOE. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced30 November 1993Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted14 December 1993The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEno dateIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 2 official steps on a timeline
Nov 199311. 30 November 1993: Presentación22. 14 December 1993: Calificación

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Published in the BOE: Law 4/1995, of March 23, regulating parental leave and maternity leave.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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