Women's Employment Law (Amendment – Maternity and Parental Leave Period for a Single Parent) Bill
Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק עבודת נשים (תיקון - תקופת לידה והורות להורה יחיד)
TL;DRThe bill grants a single father the right to maternity and parental leave under conditions set in the law, like a mother.
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What does the bill do?
The bill changes the Employment of Women Law of 1954 to extend eligibility for maternity and parental leave also to a father who is a single parent. Currently, the law grants such a right to a father only in two limited cases: when the mother is unable to care for the child due to disability or illness, or when the mother gave up part of the maternity and parental leave. The bill sets that a father who is a single parent and whose child was born to him, and the child is in the exclusive care of the father and living with him, will be entitled to maternity and parental leave like a mother. The right will also apply to a father who is a single parent of an adopted child up to age 10.
The votes on this bill
Coalition 64 seats
Left the coalition 8 seats
Opposition 48 seats
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