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Special Care Time

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:19 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

Parents were allowed to take special paid leave for care needs (Sonderbetreuungszeit) by requiring their employers' approval between 16/03/2020 and 31/10/2020 and then without approval from 01/11/2020 onwards

History

Country

Austria

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

Working parents who have caring responsibilities for one or more children under the age of 14

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

16/03/2020

End Date

09/07/2021

Amount

During phase 1 (16/03/2020-31/05/2020) and phase 2 (25/07/2020-30/09/2020): 33% of wage During phase 3 (01/10/2020-31/10/2020): 50% of wage During phase 4 (01/11/2020-09/07/2021): 100% of wage for up to 4 weeks

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Schmid, E-M. and Schmid, A. (2020) ‘Austria country note’, in Koslowski, A. Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2020. Available at: http://www.leavenetwork.org/lp_and_r_reports/ Fink, M. (2021) ESPN thematic report: social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Austria. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?pager.offset=0&advSearchKey= ESPN_covid2021&mode=advancedSubmit&catId=22&policyArea=0&policyAreaSub=0&country=0&year=0