Pregnant persons could take leave from their job more flexibly. Pregnancy leave could start 30 working days before the expected date of delivery or, upon separate agreement with the employer, no later than 14 working days before the expected date of delivery. Entrepreneurs, students and others with no employment relationship could start their pregnancy allowance at the time of their choosing between 30 and 14 working days before the expected date of delivery.
Parental allowance could be used in free-form periods until the child turns two, removing the obligation to use all of it in one continuous period. For example, parental allowance could be used in shorter periods or for only part of the week, allowing the parents to take turns with the child.
Employed persons would be entitled to a maximum of four periods of parental leave per child.
Part-time workers could apply for partial (halved) parental allowance. Child home care allowance would be available between parental allowance periods after the child is six months old.
In addition, considerations would be made for situations with multiple births in the family within two years. In this case, the maximum would be four periods of parental leave per calendar year.