As a working mother you are often faced with a lot of arrangements. A lot of the organized in the household probably ends up on you. This also applies if your child is ill, but luckily there is emergency leave for that. Did you know? Because of course you want to go to work yourself. But if your child is suddenly ill and you can't arrange a babysitter, what can you do? Request emergency leave , which is precisely intended for these kinds of situations.
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Arranging the care of children is often quite a puzzle. A puzzle that you often make together with your partner when it comes to the standard care you need because you both work. Once this puzzle is solved, it often runs smoothly. But nothing should interfere or all sails should be raised. Do you recognize that?
Just imagine the following situation, which every working mother has experienced. You get a call from school at work that your child is feverish, has vomited everything and is very sad. Your first reaction is to run towards it, but of course you can't do that without attunement to your work. Perhaps you have already called around to arrange replacement childcare, but that does not work.
After a few phone calls with your supervisor, father and possibly others, you are in the car yourself and you can go to your child. Glad you were able to get away from work. It is logical that you do not think about whether there are leave options and you may even automatically assume that this will be at the expense of holiday hours. Then it is good to know that leave options are arranged by law such as emergency leave for a sick child .
In the situation described above you can, for example, use emergency leave † The emergency leave is expressly intended for the first care of private problems, such as having to pick up a sick child from school. The emergency leave will last as long as necessary to solve the first problems and can therefore vary from a few hours (arranging a plumber for a burst water pipe) to a few days (for example, for arranging a funeral). The wages must be paid during this leave for calamities .
In addition, there is no maximum to the entitlement that you can make on this type of leave on an annual basis. Would you like more information on this topic? Then also check the central government.
Below you will find the most important characteristics for emergency leave for a sick child.
If the period of your emergency leave has ended but you still need leave, there are two other options that you can investigate after this immediately available leave. Namely short-term care leave and long-term care leave.
Of course we hope that you do not have to take emergency leave or short-term and long-term care leave because of a sick child. That would mean that it is not necessary because you have been able to find another solution. That is almost always better. But if you need it, as a working mother it is good to know what your rights are.
Have you ever had to take emergency leave?
Update:October 2020
