Parents were allowed to request unpaid parental leave or to make changes in their working conditions (e.g. adapting their working hours up to 100%) according to the Taking Care of Me Plan (Plan Mecuida)
Country
SpainPolicy Area
Parental leaveMeasure
Unpaid parental leaveEligibility
Employed and self-employed workers who experienced temporary layoffs (known as ERTE or Temporary Suspended or Reduced Working Contracts) and had to care for dependent children and other dependent family membersType
N/AStart / Announced Date
14/03/2020End Date
21/06/2020Amount
Generally unpaid (no compensation in 15 out of 17 regions)Total Cost
N/ARecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
Cabero, G.R., Codorniu, J.M., Gallego, V.M., de Durana, A.A.G. and Fuentes, F.J.M. (2021) ESPN thematic report: social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Spain. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?pager.offset=30&advSearchKey= ESPN_covid2021&mode=advancedSubmit&catId=22&policyArea=0&policyAreaSub=0&country=0&year=0
Meil, G., Lapuerta, I., and Escobedo, A. (2020) ‘Spain 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/Access the full dataset here
