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Temporary Parental Benefit

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

A temporary parental benefit (viss tillfällig föräldrapenning) was provided so that people could take time off from their work to take care for children

History

Country

Sweden

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

Parents who had to care for children due to the closure of ECEC settings or schools, or the children's illness

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

25/04/2020

End Date

30/04/2021

Amount

90% of the daily remuneration that parents would normally receive

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

European Union Agecy for Fundamental Rights (2020) Coronavirus pandemic in the EU: fundamental rights implications - Sweden. 3 November 2020. Available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/se_report_on_coronavirus_pandemic_november_2020.pdf Eurofound (2020) Temporary parental allowance due to COVID-19, case SE-2020-17/1727 (measures in Sweden), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch UNDP COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker: https://data.undp.org/gendertracker/