The Protected Parenting Law was introduced to enable parents whose parental leave ended to request the Parental Preventive Medical Leave (Licencia Médica Preventiva Parental)
History
Country
Chile
Policy Area
Parental leave
Measure
Paid parental leave
Eligibility
Parents whose parental leave ended between 18 March 2020 and the end of the state emergency
Type
Cash (social insurance)
Start / Announced Date
27/07/2020
End Date
N/A
Amount
Equivalent to the maternal subsidy for parental leave
Total Cost
N/A
Recipients
Parents
Route to the child
Indirect
Sources
Bosch, M.J. (2021) ‘Chile country note’, in Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2021. Available at: https://www.leavenetwork.org/annual-review-reports/