A Special Paid Leave for Childcare (Ειδική Άδεια για την Φροντίδα Παιδιών) was introduced and provided during the forced closure of schools
Country
CyprusPolicy Area
Parental leaveMeasure
Paid parental leaveEligibility
Parents who were both working (full time, part-time and temporarily) and employed in the private sector, had a monthly gross salary of up to €2,500, had to care for children aged under 15 in secondary education (or children in elementary schools in the city of Limassol or disabled children) and were not able to work from homeType
Cash (social insurance)Start / Announced Date
16/03/2020End Date
31/03/2021Amount
Benefit amount dependent on previous earnings, with a maximum of €1,000 per month (€1,200 for single parents);
For the first €1,000 of the monthly salary: 60% for this part of the salary
For the part of the salary from €1,000 and €2,000: 40% for this part of the salaryTotal Cost
N/ARecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
Eurofound (2020) Special paid leave for the caring of children, case CY-2020-12/296 (measures in Cyprus), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch
Angeli, M. (2020) ‘Cyprus 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/
Theodorou, M., Kantaris, N., Andreou, S. and Koutsampelas, C. (2021) ESPN thematic report: social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Cyprus. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?pager.offset=5&advSearchKey= ESPN_covid2021&mode=advancedSubmit&catId=22&policyArea=0&policyAreaSub=0&country=0&year=0Access the full dataset here
