Leave when adopting a child up to 5 years of age
Leave when adopting a child up to 5 years of age
A worker or an employee who adopts a child under the age of 5 has the right to leave for a period of 365 days from the day the child is handed over for adoption, but not later than reaching the age of 5.
1. When the child is adopted by spouses, with the consent of the adoptive mother, the leave can be used instead by the adopter or by one of the parents of the adoptive mother or the adoptive parent after 6 months have passed from the day the child was handed over for adoption, but no later later than reaching the age of 5, when they work under an employment relationship.
2. With the consent of the employee who has adopted a child herself, after 6 months have passed from the day the child was handed over for adoption, one of her parents can use the leave instead of her when she is working under an employment relationship.
3. For the time during which leave is used by the other persons, the adoptive mother's leave is interrupted.
4. Right to leave up to the age of 5, the worker or employee has the right to leave for a period of 365 days from the day the child was handed over for adoption in cases where he adopted the child himself. With his consent, after 6 months have passed since the day the child was handed over for adoption, one of his parents can use the leave under para. 1, when working under an employment relationship.
5. In cases where leave is not used, or the person using such leave interrupts its use, the adoptive mother or the adoptive father, when working under an employment relationship, is paid monetary compensation from the state social insurance.
6. After using the leave, when the child has not reached the age of 2 and is not placed in a childcare facility, the adoptive mother, the adoptive parent or the person who has taken over the care of the child, has the right to additional leave for raising a child until the child reaches the age of 2 - his age.
7. When the adoptive mother and the adoptive father are married, the adoptive father has the right to a 15-day leave when adopting a child up to the age of 5 from the day the child is handed over for adoption, but no later than the child reaches the age of 5 .
8. The leave is not used in the event of the death of the child, termination of the adoption, as well as when the child attends a childcare facility, including a nursery school or an educational institution.
9. Leave for the adoption of a child up to the age of 5 cannot be used simultaneously with leave due to pregnancy and childbirth, leave for raising a child up to 2 years of age and Leave for raising a child placed with relatives and friends or in a foster home family.
10. During the leave, monetary compensation is paid to the persons under conditions and in amounts determined in a separate law. The time during which the leave is used is recognized as work experience.
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