{"id":5981,"date":"2022-08-08T13:54:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T13:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toffolettodeluca.it\/?p=5981"},"modified":"2022-08-08T13:54:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T13:54:22","slug":"greater-protection-work-life-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toffolettodeluca.it\/en\/greater-protection-work-life-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater protection for work-life balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Legislative Decree No. 105 of 30 June 2022, implementing Directive (EU) 2019\/1158, has been published in the Official Gazette. The Decree amends regulations regarding leave with the aim of helping parents and caregivers to improve their work-life balance<\/strong> and better share family responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The measure will come into force on 13 August 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paternity leave<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The Decree revises the current rules on paternity leave<\/strong> by including new provisions in the Consolidated Text on maternity leave (Legislative Decree No. 151\/2001).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pursuant to the new Decree, in the event of the birth of a child or perinatal death, the working father must take 10 working days off (20 in the case of multiple births), not necessarily continuous but not divisible into hours. This compulsory<\/strong> leave can be taken from two months before the expected date of birth to five months afterwards, subject to prior notification to the employer at least five days in advance, in writing or through the company’s absence management system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this period of absence, the father is entitled to a daily allowance equal to 100 per cent of his salary and he cannot be dismissed until the child is one year old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compulsory leave is flanked by what has now been renamed ‘alternative’<\/strong> leave, already provided for in the event of death or serious illness of the mother, abandonment of the child by the mother or sole custody of the child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Violation<\/strong> of the rights in question by the employer will incur:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. a fine ranging from \u20ac516 to \u20ac2,582, in the case of compulsory leave;<\/li>
  2. imprisonment for up to 6 months, in the case of alternative leave.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    Parental leave <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Significant changes have also been made regarding the regulation of parental leave<\/strong>, as detailed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n