#2026-427Additional Birth Leave for Civilian and Military Public Employees
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This decree sets the rules for additional birth leave for military personnel, after they have used their maternity, paternity, child reception, or adoption leave. The leave can be taken in two one-month periods and must generally start within nine months of the child’s birth or arrival in the home. Military staff must request the leave in advance, usually at least one month before it starts. Pay is reduced during the leave: 70% of salary in the first month and 60% in the second. The leave can be delayed for operational military needs and can end early if the child dies, household income drops sharply, or the service member asks to return sooner.
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Key Changes
- Creates detailed rules for additional birth leave for military personnel after existing family leave is used
- Allows the leave to be split into two one-month periods within nine months of birth or adoption arrival
- Sets reduced pay during the leave at 70% of salary for the first month and 60% for the second
Obligations
What this law requires
Military personnel may obtain additional birth leave only after they have exhausted their entitlement to maternity leave, paternity and child reception leave, or adoption leave, and must request the leave from the competent military authority.
Additional birth leave may be split into no more than two periods, each lasting one month.
The period or periods of additional birth leave must begin within nine months after the child’s birth or the arrival of the adopted child in the household, unless a permitted postponement applies.
Military personnel must submit their additional birth leave request to the commander of their administrative formation or equivalent authority at least one month before the intended start date.
The leave request must specify the intended start date, duration, and, where applicable, whether the leave will be split and the dates of each split period.