Specific leave is granted to parents when the child's chronic illness is announced

Already planned since 2016 for employed parents learning of their child's disability, the 2021 law extended a specific leave to parents who learn of the occurrence of their child's disability:

• cancer;
• a chronic pathology requiring a therapeutic training, that is to say requiring heavy drug treatment and hospitalization.

The list of chronic conditions giving entitlement to this specific leave is specified in the decree published in Official Journal of 29 March 2023. Disorders include the following:

• disabling stroke;
• type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes;
• severe forms of neurological and muscular disorders (including myopathy), severe epilepsy;
• severe chronic respiratory failure;
• Alzheimer's disease and other dementias;
• Parkinson's disease;
• cystic fibrosis;
• multiple sclerosis;

Find the complete list by consulting the decree no. 2023-215 of march 27, 2023.

These are long-term, progressive pathologies with a strong impact on daily life.

Employees in the private sector, regardless of the type of their contract, can benefit from this new leave on presentation of proof. Its minimum period is 2 working days, which may be increased by collective agreement or company agreement, or in the absence of a branch.

This absence does not result in a loss of wages and is not deducted from paid leave. The leave shall be paid by the employer and shall be treated as actual working time for the purpose of determining the duration of the annual paid leave. In the case of officials, such leave shall be considered as a special leave of absence (SAA).