After exhausting the right to complementary parental leave, parents are entitled to a childcare leave, either consecutively or intermittently, up to a limit of two years, as stipulated in Article 52 of the Labor Code.
According to the Authority for Working Conditions (ACT), it is important to note the following:
- In the case of a third child or more, the leave is limited to three years;
- If the worker does not specify otherwise, the leave lasts six months;
- If there are two holders, the leave can be taken by either or both parents successively;
How to take the leave?
According to the ACT, “for the right to be exercised, the worker must inform the employer in writing with 30 days’ notice” of the following:
- The beginning and end of the period they wish to take the leave;
- That the other parent is engaged in professional activity and is not on leave simultaneously, or is unable or inhibited from exercising parental authority;
- That the child lives with them under the same roof and shares meals;
- That the maximum period of leave has not been exhausted.
