The delicate period of pregnancy and motherhood are amply protected by labor legislation through the Legislative Decree no. 151/2001, which extended some protections even plus the working father.
The protection consists of both the conservation of the place of woman is through the provision of periods of absence from work permits that can be summarized as follows:
- compulsory leave : the requirement for the employee to refrain from work in the period the two months preceding the expected date of confinement and three months following childbirth. In case of premature birth day of abstention was unavailable prior to the period are added succesivi childbirth. Notwithstanding the overall duration abstention of 5 months, the employee may choose, as long as your doctor allows, to postpone the period, absent up to a month before the birth and four months. For complications of pregnancy or certain working conditions, the 'compulsory leave may be advanced, subject to medical assessment by the local health authorities and the inspectorate of the DPL. To take advantage of the compulsory special application must be submitted within two months from the INPS expected date of delivery (model MAT 1) . The emoluments from INPS is equal to 80% of the global average daily wage, but the integration CCNL provide 100% paid by the company.
- optional Abstention: in the first 8 years of a child's life and then mandatory abstention, the mother may be absent from work for a total of 6 months also split, as well as the working father (high to 7 if it is exercising the right to abstain for a period of not less than 3 months), and if there is a single parent the period of optional leave is 10 months. Even in this case must be made a special request (Mod Ast. Opt.) with at least 15 days' notice. The emoluments for the optional leave is equal to 30% of wages and generally are not charged to the proposed integration employer.
- prenatal Permits: pregnant workers are entitled to paid leave (the employer) to carry out pre-natal examinations, clinical tests or medical specialist.
- Rest Nursing: during the first year of the child's mother is entitled to paid leave (100% paid by INPS) for up to two hours if the daily working time is equal to or greater six hours, up to one hour whichever is less.
- child's illness: both parents to take an alternative permits among themselves, without pay, for diseases of the child up to three years of life and for five working days each year, between three and eight years of a child's life.