Labor & Taxes
Acreditar association calls for subsidy for both parents of children with cancer
The Acreditar association is calling for a change to allow both parents to simultaneously receive the assistance subsidy and take leave from work to care for a child with cancer during the most complex phases of the illness, such as diagnosis, relapse, or end-of-life. Currently, social security rules only allow one family member to take the leave and receive the 100% reference remuneration subsidy at any given time.
Why it matters
While this is a proposal rather than an active change in law, it highlights a significant gap in the current social security system; if you are a working parent whose child is battling cancer, you are currently restricted by law to only one parent receiving the state assistance subsidy.ObservadorRead original ↗
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