French Labour Code
In forceAn employee whose dependent child within the meaning of article L. 513-1 of the Social Security Code and who fulfils one of the conditions set out in article L. 512-3 of the same code is suffering from a particularly serious illness, disability or accident that makes a sustained presence and restrictive care indispensable is entitled, for a period determined by decree, to parental presence leave.
The number of days of leave that the employee may take as parental presence leave is a maximum of three hundred and ten working days. The employee may, with the employer's agreement, convert this leave into a period of part-time work or split it up.
The initial duration of the leave is that defined in the medical certificate referred to in article L. 544-2 of the Social Security Code. This duration may be re-examined under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of the same article L. 544-2.
Beyond the period determined in the first paragraph of this article, the employee may again benefit from parental presence leave, in compliance with the provisions of this article and articles L. 1225-63 to L. 1225-65 of this Code, in the situations mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 544-3 of the Social Security Code.
Exceptionally and by way of derogation from the first two paragraphs of this article, when the maximum number of days of leave mentioned in the second paragraph is reached during the period mentioned in the first paragraph and a new medical certificate drawn up by the doctor treating the child attests to the fact that it is essential, in view of the treatment of the illness or the need to accompany the child, the continuation of the restrictive care and a sustained presence, the period mentioned in the first paragraph of this article may be renewed once for the same illness, the same disability or as a result of the accident of which the child was a victim, before the end of the term initially set.
