Maternity leave in Ukraine is granted to women for the purpose of caring for a child who has not yet reached the age of three. The Committee on Youth and Sports reported that changes are planned in the conditions for granting the decree. Thus, the relevant Committee supported bill No. 9018 on changes in the field of social leave.

Maternity leave: what can change.

According to the explanatory note to the draft law No. 9018 “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine in the Sphere of Social Leave”, the law provides for the equalization of the rights of fathers and mothers to leave in the legislation. This will bring us significantly closer to the principles of gender equality and social justice..

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In particular, the following changes are proposed:.

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ensure that, at the request of the mother, father of the child, parental leave until the child reaches the age of three. Such leave can be used by parents at the same time, while out of a total three-year period, the duration of simultaneous stay on leave of both parents cannot exceed 4 months;

establish if the child needs home care, the mother, father of the child must be granted unpaid leave for the duration specified in the medical report, but not more than until the child reaches the age of eight.

The authors of the document note that the adoption of the draft law will provide family support, the formation of responsible motherhood and fatherhood, as well as equal rights and obligations of mother and father to receive social leave..

Previously, we wrote about how FLP women can get help with pregnancy and childbirth..