Legal advice: Take parental leave
I have a job of 0,8 FTE (32 hours) in primary education, a teacher emails. She wants to know how much parental leave she can take.
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Primary education has partially paid parental leave for children up to the age of eight. With a working time factor of 0,8 FTE, this teacher is entitled to 832 hours of parental leave (1040 hours for a full-time job x 0,8 FTE). Of this, 332 hours is paid parental leave (415 hours for a full-time job x 0,8 FTE) with 55 percent of the salary retained.
In addition, she is entitled to 500 hours of unpaid parental leave (625 hours for a full-time job x 0,8 FTE). Based on 8-hour working days, this teacher is entitled to 41,5 days of paid parental leave (332 hours: 8 hours) and 62,5 days of unpaid parental leave (500 hours: 8 hours).
Other education sectors
For other sectors, secondary education has 830 hours (pro rata part-timers) leave per child, of which 415 hours are paid at a 55 percent salary. In MBO a maximum of 830 hours of paid leave applies per child of zero, one or two years. The first 415 hours are paid leave with 55 percent of the salary. With more leave hours, the salary percentage decreases (415 hours: number of leave hours x 55 percent = salary percentage). If the child is older than two years, unpaid parental leave of 830 hours applies in MBO. A repayment obligation applies to primary, secondary and vocational education if employees start working fewer hours within six months after the leave.
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