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Five days paid leave for Vatican employees on the birth of a child; three paid days each month for parents of disabled children: These are two of the new provisions contained in the Rescript published Monday, 11 August, which expands the protections and rights of employees of the Vatican City State in various areas.
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“The employee is entitled to five days of paid leave on the occasion of the birth of a child,” the document states. “The five days of leave, understood as working days, may be taken consecutively and/or in full-day increments, not in hours, within no more than thirty days from the event, under penalty of forfeiture of the right.”
For the five days of leave, the working father is entitled to “full pay, counted in all respects related to length of service.”
Families with children with disabilities
For families with children “in a situation of certified severity,” it is established that “the parents, alternately, are entitled each month to three days of paid leave, which may also be taken consecutively, provided that the child is not fully hospitalized in specialized institutions.”
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