Danish parents must meticulously plan their maternity leave and from week to week, so both the mother and father get the most time with the newborn heir, because they must share the maximum of 52 weeks maternity leave.
But the politicians can take it with tranquility.
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They have: the right to a full year of maternity leave regardless of how much maternity leave their boyfriend or spouse had to take.
It confirms the Parliamentary administration, having regard to the Rules of procedure of the Parliament.
‘Leave of absence can also be communicated in up to 12 months when a member of the president requesting leave in connection with pregnancy and birth or adoption of a child’, it sounds here.
– It is very advantageous, says Nanna Højlund, chairwoman of former cooperation.
– Politicians have the opportunity to keep longer leave before they hand them in the institution, when they themselves have the right to a year’s maternity leave and your partner can put anything on top of, which will typically be two-three months, she says.
Politicians barselsrettighed is also two weeks longer than the 50 weeks, as mom maximum can come up on, if they grab all the maternity and parental leave new parents have the right to. The first two of a total of 52 weeks of maternity leave is earmarked for the danger immediately after birth.
– It is great for the politicians, that they have the opportunities. But as an elected, I think it is important that you have a realistic picture of reality. So it is important that they inform themselves about the, that not all of the others who feel the same way, notes Nanna Højlund.
Ordinary wage-earners can like longer maternity leave than the combined 52 weeks as a couple, but then they themselves to the pockets.
– The ordinary wage-earner has quite shown the ability to stretch the leave over a longer time, but you will not get so much money, explains Nanna Højlund, who on a daily basis also is vice-president of the FH, The key organization.
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DF: Why do politicians have special maternity leave?
Politicians advantageous barselsording does not reflect the surrounding society, when the elected do not need to share the barselsuger, as ordinary danes have available.
It takes the Danish people’s party group chairman, Peter Skaarup.
– Also on this point, politicians have a special regime. And why should it really be the case that a legislator does not need to share her parental leave as other citizens? It seems we are wrong, and it should be, he says.
We seem, in fact, that politicians ‘ working conditions should resemble the conditions of ordinary danes have, at funktionærlignende terms.
