Particularități în implementarea concediului paternal în Republica Moldova
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2022
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INCE
Abstract
Paternity leave belongs exclusively to the father, is of short duration and is granted after the birth of a child, intended to allow the father to spend time with his partner and the
newborn child. In the Republic of Moldova, this leave lasts 14 days and is granted in the first
months after the birth of the child. During paternity leave, the employee benefits from a paternity
allowance that cannot be lower than the average monthly insured income and is paid from the
state social insurance budget. The article was developed on the basis of the qualitative study
"Attitudes and practices applied in the implementation of paternity leave" in which fathers who
have children up to 3 years of age and experts involved in family policies were interviewed,
conducted in September 2022. The research method was the semi-structured sociological
interview. The study data revealed that paternity leave influences the well-being of the child and
the couple. The main difficulties in the implementation of paternity leave are: correlating the
right to paternity allowance with the work situation and the contribution period; lack of
encouragement from employers; poor information of parents regarding the right to paternity
leave; discrimination by employers, and colleagues; constraints related to time and
circumstances at work; failure to take into account specific circumstances (birth of twins,
premature birth, disability or health status of mother or child). The article concludes with
recommendations regarding the improvement of policies for granting paternity leave in the
Republic of Moldova. The article was elaborated within the State Program Project (2020-2023) 20.80009.0807.21 „Migration, demographic changes, and situation stabilisation policies”.
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Referinţe bibliografice: p. 75 (10 titl.). JEL Classification: J13. UDC: 314.1; 305-055.1.
Keywords
paternity leave, paternity allowance, family, employer, family policy, concediu de paternitate, indemnizatie de paternitate, familie, copil, angajator, politica de familie, child, Republic of Moldova, Republica Moldova
Citation
SÎNCHEVICI-CHISTRUGA, Inga. Particularități în implementarea concediului paternal în Republica Moldova. In: Economic growth in the conditions of globalization. Scientific session "Demographic processes and socioeconomic sustainability": conference proceedings: International Scientific-Practical Conference, XVIth edition, october 12-13, 2022, Chisinau. Chisinau: INCE, 2022, vol. III, pp. 65-75. ISBN 978-9975-3385-7-8; ISBN 978-9975-3385-8-5 (PDF). https://doi.org/10.36004/nier.cdr.2022.16.7