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Leave for Family Reasons

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

There was an extension to the existing leave for family reasons (congé pour raisons familiales extraordinaire) for parents who needed to look after their children due to COVID-19-related circumstances

History

Country

Luxembourg

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

All employed, self-employed and non-standard contract workers with children aged below 13

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

14/03/2020

End Date

23/07/2022 (initially until 24/06/2020)

Amount

100% of previous earnings

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Zhelyazkova, N., Berger, F. and Valentova, M. (2020) ‘Luxembourg country note,’ in Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufmann, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2020. Available at: http://www.leavenetwork.org/lp_and_r_reports/ Baumann, M, Baumann-Croisier, P., Bouchet, M. and Urbé, R. (2021) ESPN thematic report: social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Luxembourg. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?pager.offset=20&advSearchKey= ESPN_covid2021&mode=advancedSubmit&catId=22&policyArea=0&policyAreaSub=0&country=0&year=0 Eurofound (2020) Family care leave for family support introduced, measure LU-2020-12/475 (measures in Luxembourg), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/LU-2020-12_475.html