Topics and key indicators

• Health protection for pregnant and nursing women

  • Provision of time off for prenatal medical examinations
  • Provision of alternatives to dangerous or unhealthy work being performed by pregnant and breastfeeding workers
  • Provision of night work protection to pregnant and breastfeeding workers
  • Provision of statutory protections against dangerous or unhealthy work for pregnant and breastfeeding workers

• Childcare policy gap

  • Childcare policy gap (years/months)

• Gender gap in childcare-related paid leave

  • Gender gap in childcare-related paid leave (weeks)

• Parental leave

  • Amount of parental leave cash benefits (% of previous earnings)
  • Source of funding of parental leave cash benefits
  • Length of protection against dismissal related to parental leave
  • Employer must prove dismissal is not connected with worker taking parental leave (Burden of proof)
  • Duration of parental leave available to households (weeks)
  • Scope - Provision of parental leave cash benefits for self-employed workers
  • Scope - Provision of parental leave for same-sex parents
  • Length of parental leave reserved for fathers (weeks)
  • Scope - Provision of parental leave for adoptive parents
  • Guaranteed right to return to the same position or equivalent following parental leave

• Childcare services

  • Guaranteed hours per week of statutory childcare services (0-2 years)
  • Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years)
  • Type of government support for pre-primary education system (3 years and above)
  • Starting age (in years) of entitlement to pre-primary education services (3 years and above)
  • Type of government scheme for statutory childcare services (0–2 years)
  • Guaranteed hours per week of pre-primary education services (3 years and above)
  • Provision of a statutory national pre-primary education system (3 years and above)
  • Provision of a statutory childcare service system (0–2 years)

• Long-term care leave

  • Source of funding of long-term care leave cash benefits
  • Provision of long-term care leave cash benefits to self-employed workers
  • Provision of long-term care leave

• Breastfeeding at work

  • Number of daily nursing breaks
  • Basis of statutory minimum requirements for mandatory provision of working nursing facilities
  • Total daily nursing break duration
  • Number of months during which nursing breaks are allowed by law
  • Provision of paid nursing breaks

• Maternity leave

  • Duration of maternity leave (weeks)
  • Source of funding of maternity leave cash benefits
  • Scope - Provision of maternity cash benefits for self-employed workers
  • Scope - Provision of maternity cash benefits for domestic workers
  • Length of protection against dismissal related to maternity leave
  • Amount of maternity leave cash benefits (% of previous earnings)
  • Scope - Provision of maternity leave for adoptive parents
  • Employer must prove dismissal is not connected with worker taking maternity leave (Burden of proof)
  • Guaranteed right to return to the same position or equivalent following maternity leave
  • Presence of maternity leave scheme aligned with the provisions of Convention No. 183
  • Scope - Provision of maternity leave for domestic workers
  • Prohibitions against pregnancy tests in employment

• Paternity leave

  • Employer must prove dismissal is not connected with worker taking paternity leave (Burden of proof)
  • Guaranteed right to return to the same position or equivalent following paternity leave
  • Length of obligatory paternity leave (days)
  • Amount of paternity leave cash benefits (% of previous earnings)
  • Source of funding of paternity leave cash benefits
  • Duration of paternity leave (days)
  • Scope - Provision of paternity leave for same-sex parents
  • Length of protection against dismissal related to paternity leave
  • Scope - Provision of paternity leave cash benefits for self-employed workers
  • Scope - Provision of paternity leave for adoptive parents

• Long-term care services

  • Provision of a statutory public long-term care service system for older persons
  • Provision of statutory community day services for older persons
  • Provision of statutory residential care services in the long-term care system
  • Source of funding of long-term care services for older persons
  • Type of government scheme for long-term care services for older persons
  • Provision of statutory family obligations to care for older relatives
  • Provision of statutory in-home personal care services for older persons

• Emergency leave

  • Provision of emergency leave
  • Provision of emergency leave cash benefits to self-employed workers
  • Source of funding of emergency leave cash benefits