{"id":221380,"date":"2025-01-22T13:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/single-parents-should-get-as-much-paid-leave-as-couples-spanish-court-rules\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T13:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:52:08","slug":"single-parents-should-get-as-much-paid-leave-as-couples-spanish-court-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/single-parents-should-get-as-much-paid-leave-as-couples-spanish-court-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Parents Should Get as Much Paid Leave as Couples, Spanish Court Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Single parents in Spain can request the same total amount of paid parental leave that couples are entitled to, a regional court has ruled, in a case that could be a game changer for the large number of one-parent families in the country<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The decision, by a court in the southeastern region of Murcia this month, is the first to stem from a November ruling by Spain\u2019s constitutional court that barred discrimination against children born into single-parent families.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe duration and intensity of the need for care and attention of a newborn is the same regardless of the family model into which they were born,\u201d the constitutional court wrote in its decision, which the regional court cited.<\/p>\n

In practice, it means that solo parents can request the full amount of paid leave that Spanish couples are entitled to \u2014 six weeks of mandatory leave that must be taken together<\/a>, plus an additional 10 for each parent, a total of 16 weeks per parent. For a single person serving as both parents, that adds up to 32 weeks of paid leave, according to the regional court\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n