EU law requires at least two months of non-transferable parental leave.

Omissions

• The MEP did not cite the specific legal instrument (Directive 2019/1158), which was adopted in June 2019 with a transposition deadline for Member States of August 2022.
• The claim omits that the two non-transferable months form part of a broader minimum of four months of parental leave under the same directive.
• The directive also requires that the two non-transferable months are compensated at an adequate level, a detail the MEP did not mention.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission – Employment, Social Affairs & InclusionStrengthening of the existing right to 4 months of parental leave, by making 2 out of the 4 months non-transferable from a parent to another, and compensated at an adequate level.
• PrimaryEuropean Commission – Justice and Fundamental RightsDirective 2019/1158 establishes a minimum of 4 months of parental leave. At least 2 out of the 4 months are non-transferable from a parent to another.
• PrimaryEUR-Lex – Directive (EU) 2019/1158The purpose of ensuring that at least two months of parental leave is available to each parent exclusively and that cannot be transferred to the other parent.