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AUT-1989-L-42821
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Title_of_text
Federal Act establishing parental leave for fathers (Paternity Leave Act – VKG) (BGBl. 1989/651). Text No. 52bb.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Austria
Subjects (Classification)
Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave
Adopted on (Date of text)
1989-12-12
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
Bundesgesetz, mit dem Karenz für Väter geschaffen wird (VäterKarenzgesetz - VKG)
Abstract/Citation
Provides for the right of male employees to take unpaid leave to care for their new-born babies. During the leave, the employment relationship remains intact, as paternity leave is to be considered as an extended holiday. The leave may commence at the end of the mother's prohibition to work (usually 8 weeks after birth) and is limited to the end of the child's second year of life. Paternity leave may only be taken by fathers residing in the same household as the child. Employees on such leave may not be dismissed during the period of their leave.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1998-05-15 (AUT-1998-L-50165)
Amendment of the Maternity Protection Act 1979 and the Parental Leave Act. No. 70.
Amending text(s)
1998-05-15 (AUT-1998-L-50165)
Amendment of the Maternity Protection Act 1979 and the Parental Leave Act. No. 70.
Amending text(s)
1997-06-30 (AUT-1997-L-50606)
Civil Servants Employment (Amendment No. 1) Act [1. BDG-Novelle 1997]. No. 61.
Amending text(s)
1997-06-30 (AUT-1997-L-50606)
Civil Servants Employment (Amendment No. 1) Act [1. BDG-Novelle 1997]. No. 61.
Amending text(s)
1998-08-14 (AUT-1998-L-51647)
First Public Service Amendment Act 1998. No. 123.
Amending text(s)
1998-08-14 (AUT-1998-L-51647)
First Public Service Amendment Act 1998. No. 123.
Amending text(s)
1999-08-17 (AUT-1999-L-58149)
Act amending the Maternity Protection Act, the Parental Leave Act, the Parent Benefit Act, the Unemployment Insurance Act, and the Parental Leave Act (No. 153).
Amending text(s)
1999-08-17 (AUT-1999-L-58149)
Act amending the Maternity Protection Act, the Parental Leave Act, the Parent Benefit Act, the Unemployment Insurance Act, and the Parental Leave Act (No. 153).
Amending text(s)
2013-07-30 (AUT-2013-L-95935)
Federal Act to amend: Employment Contract Law Harmonization Act, Corporate Staff and Self-Employment Provision Act, Federal Act to ensure firms' provision of pension benefit, Agricultural Employment Act, Federal Care Allowance Act, Maternity Protection Act 1979, Fathers Leave Act, Unemployment Insurance Act 1977, Federal Labour Market Service Act, General Social Security Act, General Pensions Act, General Pension Act, Federal Act concerning the employment of children and young persons, Federal Social Services Act, Family charges Equalisation Act 1967 (Labour Law Amendment Act)
Amending text(s)
2015-12-28 (AUT-2015-L-101916)
Federal Act to amend Maternity Protection Act and Paternity Leave Act (BGBl. I Nr. 149/2015)
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line in English/German
Author
Bundeskanzleramt
Publisher
Rechtsinformationssystem (RIS)
Country
Austria
URL
http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/
File
ERV_1989_651.pdf (PDF Act as amended to 2016 (English/German))
Monograph region
Monograph title
Arbeitsrecht Dittrich, Veit, Tades
Publisher
Manz Verlag
Place of publication
Vienna
Country
Austria
ISBN
3-214-11148-5