S.L. 452.125 Art. 6Paid parental leave to be granted for birth, adoption, fostering or legal custody of a child.    Cap 318.

(1) It shall be the individual right of each parent to be granted paid parental leave on the grounds of birth, adoption, child fostering in the case of foster parents, or legal custody of a child, to enable them to take care of that child for a period of four (4) months until the child has attained the age of eight (8) years:

Provided that parental leave shall be paid for a period of two (2) months, at the same rate established for the sickness benefit entitlement under the Social Security Act, and parental leave shall be paid as follows:

(a) fifty per centum (50%) of entitlement will be paid, where the child or children for whose care parental leave was granted has or have not attained four (4) years of age;

(b) twenty five per centum (25%) of entitlement will be paid, where the child or children for whose care parental leave was granted has or have attained the age of four (4) years but has or have not yet attained the age of six (6) years; and

(c) twenty five per centum (25%) of entitlement will be paid, where the child or children for whose care parental leave was granted has or have attained the age of six (6) years but has or have not yet attained the age of eight (8) years:

Provided further that in the case of parental leave granted to foster parents, the rate of payment shall be the same as that established for parents not being foster parents as stipulated in the first proviso, on condition that payment of allowance will be given as per parent applying for parental leave and not for each child fostered: Provided further that two (2) months of parental leave cannot be transferred:

Provided further that parental leave shall be availed of in established periods of at least two (2) weeks each, without prejudice to any agreement reached by the employer and employee or collective agreement.

(2) In the event that the parental leave was not availed of or there is still an existing balance of parental leave, a worker shall remain entitled to such leave even if there is a change in the employer or in the employment of the worker, as long as, the worker qualifies therefor in accordance with sub-regulation (1).

(3) Every employer shall be bound to keep a record of the parental leave for every worker, and shall, on the demand of the worker which may be made even after termination of employment, deliver to the worker a written statement of the leave to the worker, within two (2) weeks of a written request.