- Phase
- The Leave (Paternity, Parental, Caring, Force Majeure) and Flexible Work Arrangements for Work-Life Balance Law of 2022
- Native name
- Ο περί Αδειών (Πατρότητας, Γονική, Φροντίδας, Ανωτέρας Βίας) και Ευέλικτων Ρυθμίσεων Εργασίας για την Ισορροπία μεταξύ Επαγγελματικής και Ιδιωτικής Ζωής Νόμος του 2022 (216(I)/2022)
- Type
- Working time flexibility
- Added to database
- 20 October 2023
Article
Articles 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 of the Leave (Paternity, Parental, Caring, Force Majeure) and Flexible Work Arrangements for Work-Life Balance Law of 2022.
Description
The Law aims to balance/reconcile professional and family life for working parents or carers, through the establishment of individual rights, based on the EU Directive 2019/1158 on Work- Life Balance. Specifically, the Law granted or expanded the rights to:
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paternity leave, parental leave, carers' leave and absence from work for reasons of force majeure·
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flexible working arrangements for working parents or carers.
According to article 8 of the Law, a working parent, who has completed six (6) months of continuous employment with the same employer, is entitled to receive parental leave. The maximum duration of parental leave is eighteen (18) weeks for each child, while in the case of a widowed parent or a single parent, either due to removal of parental care from the other parent or non-recognition of the child by him, the duration of parental leave extends to twenty-three (23) weeks (article 8(3) of the Law).
It is noted that the right to receive parental leave is an individual and non-transferable right for each parent, with the exception of the possibility of transferring nine (9) weeks from the remainder of one parent's leave to the remainder of the other parent's leave.
Citation
Eurofound (2023), Cyprus: Working time flexibility, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/working-time-flexibility/cyprus