The Special Purpose Leave for Working Parents (Άδεια ειδικού σκοπού για εργαζόμενους γονείς) was provided
History
Country
Greece
Policy Area
Parental leave
Measure
Paid parental leave
Eligibility
Dual earner families: Employed parents of children in education (up to age 15) who were affected by school closures
Single breadwinner families: An employed parent who was in a state that prevented him or her from caring for children (up to age 15) due to, for example, hospitalisation, being infected by COVID-19 and being certified with more than 67% level of disability
Type
Cash (social insurance)
Start / Announced Date
11/03/2020
End Date
31/07/2020
Amount
A minimum of 4 fully-compensated days, of which 3 were counted as special leave and the remaining 1 day was taken from regular annual leave
Total Cost
N/A
Recipients
Parents
Route to the child
Indirect
Sources
Eurofound (2020) Special purpose leave for working parents, case GR-2020-11/691 (measures in Greece), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch
Hatzivarnava-Kazassi, E. and Karamessini, M. (2020) ‘Greece 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/