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Extended Childcare Allowance

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat
The number of days to receive childcare allowance (omsorgspenger) was doubled

History

Country

Norway

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

Employees, freelancers and self-employed workers with children aged 12 and below (or children aged up to 18 if they were chronically ill or disabled)

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

20/03/2020

End Date

31/06/2021

Amount

For families with 1 or 2 children: 20 childcare leave days per parent For families with 3 or more children: 30 days per parent For single-parent families: 40 days For families with chronically ill children: 60 days

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Arbeids- og sosialdepartementet (2020) Foreldres rett til omsorgspenger dobles. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221121204407/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumentarkiv/regjeringen-solberg/aktuelt-regjeringen-solberg/asd/pressemeldinger/2020/foreldres-rett-til-omsorgspenger-dobles/id2694342/ OECD (2020) Paid sick leave policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Version 30 June 2020. Available at: www.oecd.org/employment/COVID19-paid-sick-leave-policy-responses.xlsx

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