Guide: Understanding maternity and paternity leave by country

Updated 12 months ago

How maternity, paternity, or parental leave is handled depends on the country. In this article, we have curated guides on how these are treated by country.

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Country	Maternity/Paternity Leave
Australia	Parental Leave Australia: How does parental leave and pay work in Australia?
Austria	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Austria? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Austria? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Austria?
Belgium	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Belgium? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Belgium? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Belgium?
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Bulgaria	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Bulgaria? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Bulgaria? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Bulgaria?
Brazil	Paternity Leave Brazil: How does paternity leave and pay work in Brazil? Maternity Leave Brazil: How does maternity leave and pay work in Brazil?
Canada	How does maternity leave and maternity pay work in Canada? How does parental leave work in Canada?
Chile	Maternity Leave Chile: How does maternity leave and pay work in Chile? Paternity Leave Chile: How does paternity leave and pay work in Chile?
Colombia	Maternity Leave Colombia: How does maternity leave and pay work in Colombia? Paternity Leave Colombia: How does paternity leave and pay work in Colombia? Parental Leave Colombia: How does parental leave and pay work in Colombia?
Costa Rica	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Costa Rica? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Costa Rica?
Croatia	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Croatia? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Croatia?
Czech Republic	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in the Czech Republic? Paternity leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in the Czech Republic? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in the Czech Republic?
Denmark	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Denmark? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Denmark? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Denmark?
Ecuador	Maternity Leave Ecuador: How does maternity leave and pay work in Ecuador? Paternity Leave Ecuador: How does paternity leave and pay work in Ecuador?
Estonia	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Estonia? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Estonia? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Estonia?
Finland	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Finland? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Finland? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Finland?
France	Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in France? Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in France? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in France?
Georgia	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Georgia? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Georgia? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Georgia?
Germany	Parental Leave: How does maternity leave work in Germany? Parental Leave: How does paternity leave work in Germany? Guideline on long-term leaves in Germany
Greece	Family Leave GR: How does maternity leave and pay work in Greece? Family Leave GR: How does paternity leave and pay work in Greece? Family Leave GR: How does parents leave and pay work in Greece?
Hong Kong	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Hong Kong? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Hong Kong? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Hong Kong?
Hungary	Maternity Leave Hungary: How does maternity leave and pay work in Hungary? Paternity Leave Hungary: How does paternity leave and pay work in Hungary? Parental Leave Hungary: How does shared parental leave and pay work in Hungary?
Ireland	Family Leave IE: How does Maternity leave and pay work in Ireland? Family Leave IE: How does paternity leave and pay work in Ireland? Family Leave IE: How does parental leave and pay work in Ireland?
India	Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in India? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in India? Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in India?
Indonesia	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Indonesia? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Indonesia? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Indonesia?
Italy	Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Italy? Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Italy?
Japan	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Japan? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Japan?
Kenya	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Kenya? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay works in Kenya? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Kenya?
Luxembourg	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Luxembourg? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Luxembourg? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Luxembourg?
Malta	Maternity Leave MT: How does maternity leave and pay work in Malta? Paternity Leave MT: How does paternity leave and pay work in Malta? Parental Leave MT: How does parental leave and pay work in Malta?
Malaysia	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Malaysia? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Malaysia? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Malaysia?
Mexico	Paternity Leave Mexico: How does paternity leave and pay work in Mexico? Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Mexico?
Morocco	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Morocco? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Morocco? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Morocco?
Netherlands	Parental Leave: How does maternity leave and maternity pay work in the Netherlands? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in the Netherlands?
New Zealand	How does parental leave and pay work in New Zealand?
North Macedonia	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in North Macedonia? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in North Macedonia? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in North Macedonia?
Norway	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Norway? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Norway? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Norway?
Paraguay	Maternity Leave Paraguay: How does maternity leave and pay work in Paraguay? Paternity Leave Paraguay: How does paternity leave and pay work in Paraguay?
Philippines	Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Philippines? Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Philippines?
Poland	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Poland? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Poland? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Poland?
Portugal	Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Portugal? Parental Leave: How does maternity leave and maternity pay work in Portugal?
Romania	Parental Leave: How does maternity leave and maternity pay work in Romania?
Singapore	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Singapore? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Singapore? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Singapore?
South Africa	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in South Africa? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in South Africa? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in South Africa?
Spain	Paternity Leave Spain: How does paternity leave and pay work in Spain? Maternity Leave Spain: How does maternity leave and pay work in Spain?
Sweden	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Sweden? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Sweden? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Sweden?
Switzerland	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Switzerland? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Switzerland? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Switzerland?
Taiwan	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Taiwan? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Taiwan? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Taiwan?
Thailand	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Thailand? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Thailand? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Thailand?
Tunisia	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave work in Tunisia? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave work in Tunisia? Parental Leave: How does parental leave work in Tunisia?
Ukraine	Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Ukraine? Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Ukraine? Parental Leave: How does parental leave and pay work in Ukraine?
United States	Paternity Leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in the United States? Maternity Leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in the United States?
United Kingdom	Parental Leave: How does maternity leave and maternity pay work in the United Kingdom? Parental Leave: How does paternity leave work in the United Kingdom? Parental Leave: How does shared leave work in the United Kingdom?
Vietnam	Family leave: How does maternity leave and pay work in Vietnam? Family leave: How does paternity leave and pay work in Vietnam?

Guide: Understanding maternity and paternity leave by country

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