In principle, every parent is entitled to parental leave. This serves to care for and raise the child until it reaches the age of three. Parental leave is a legally defined entitlement of the employee vis-à-vis the employer.
As a rule, parents who are not in employment are not entitled to parental leave. These include housewives and househusbands, students without a job, school pupils, unemployed people, volunteers and those completing a voluntary ecological or social year.