Greece Scraps Waiting Period on Parental Leave, Moves to Rein In Workplace Algorithms
Greek parents will be able to take parental leave whenever they choose under a new labor bill that removes a mandatory one-year gap between leave periods for different children, Labor Minister Niki Kerameus said. Each working parent is entitled to four months of parental leave per child up to age 8. Under current rules, a parent with two children must wait a year between the two leave periods. "There must be complete freedom in exactly how you take it," Mrs. Kerameus told state broadcaster ERT. Parents who work for the same employer will no longer have to declare the order in which they tak