With effect from 1st November 2022, the Labour Code clarifies the concepts related to the care of a newborn child and specifies more precisely the so-called paternity leave.
The father caring for a newborn child is entitled to paternity leave for a period of 2 weeks within 6 weeks of the child’s birth at the latest. During this period, the father is entitled to a so-called “paternity allowance”, which is a social insurance sickness benefit paid to the father of the child by the Social Insurance Institution.