Minister of Social Affairs Johannes Rauch (Greens) wants to extend the legal right to care leave for family carers from four weeks to three months: “We are now going to work intensively on improving the overall situation in the care sector, and that includes care leave. ” change is yet to come in the first quarter. Rauch also wants to evaluate the part-time care model.
Nursing leave or part-time nursing can be agreed for a period of one to three months, but so far only four weeks is legally entitlement.
If you are caring for a loved one who receives at least level 3 care allowance, you will receive an amount equal to the WW benefit during the care leave.
Increase in care leave, less part-time care
Since its introduction in 2014, the number of people taking care leave has risen from 2,321 to 3,921 (January to November 2022), according to data from the Ministry of Social Affairs. Only 131 of them were in part-time care last year.
Rauch therefore wants to take a very thorough look at this model. “If it doesn’t fit, then you have to change it, because 131 people are part-time caregivers for the whole of Austria, which is unsatisfactory,” Rauch said in an interview with the Ö1 “Morgenjournal”.
The extension of the right is expected to come in the first quarter. According to the Ministry of Social Affairs, the budgetary requirements have been created for this. According to a spokesperson, the legal claim must also be included in the respective work agreements or collective agreements.
Source: Krone
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