Survey on paid leave

Provisions of the EACH Charter

Art. 1: Children shall be admitted to hospital only if the care they require cannot be equally provided at home or on a day basis.

Art. 3 (2): Parents shall be entitled to leave with pay for the duration of the child’s illness. Parents should not suffer loss of income or incur other costs due to staying in hospital with their child, full-time care of their child in hospital or daily care of healthy siblings at home by other persons, or travel costs and other expenses.

When sick children need their parents at home or in hospital -how are they supported by governments or employers?

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Country	legal regulations?	Maximum days allowed	Paid?	For mothers - fathers	Employer acceptance	Feelings parents	legal regulations sufficient?
Austria	y - at home - in hospital	10 days	Paid	y - y	not certain	reluctant, afraid, bullied	!
Belgium	y!	07 days up to 31 days	Paid	y - y	y!	?	?
Czech Republic	y	09 days	Paid	y! - y	y!	some afraid	y!
Croatia	y - at home y - in hospital	Unlimited	Paid - at home! Unpaid - in hospital	y - y	Not certain	reluctant, afraid!	y!
Finland	y	60 days	Paid	y -	Not certain!	sometimes reluctant!	y!
France	y	07 days	Paid	y -	y!	It is the law.!	y!
Germany	y	05 days: paid 10 days: unpaid	Paid	y - y	Not certain!	reluctant to ask!
Iceland	y	07 days	paid!	y -	y!	y!	!
Ireland		0 days	Neither!	-	Not certain!	reluctant!	!
Italy	y	03 days per month	paid!	y!	y!	uncertain!	!
Netherlands	y	30 days max.	paid	y - y	y!	y!	y!
Portugal	y	15 - 30 days - at home unlimited - in hospital	paid	y - y	Not certain!	Not certain!	y!
Sweden	y	120 days	paid	y!	y!	y!	y!
Switzerland		01- 03 days	paid	y - y!	See left	job risk factor	!
UK		?!	unpaid!	y! - y!	See left	reluctant to ask
Hungary	y	14 - 84 days!	paid	y - y!	Not certain	afraid	!
Spain	y	03 days	paid	y - y	y!	content	y!
Japan	y!	07 days	often unpaid!	y - y!	y!	Not certain	!

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