Decree of 8 April 2020 approving the Regulation governing the extraordinary paid leave to care for dependent children during the period of exceptional and urgent measures arising from the health emergency caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

This Decree approves the Regulation governing the extraordinary paid leave to care for dependent children during the period of exceptional and urgent measures arising from the health emergency caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The purpose of this Regulation is to regulate the requirements, the beneficiaries, the application procedure, the duration of the grants and the compensation mechanism of the Government regarding the extraordinary paid leave that can be accessed by the salaried employees for the hours worked for caring for dependent children under the age of 14 or with disabilities, in accordance with the provisions of article 4 of Law No. 3/2020 of 23 March on exceptional and urgent measures for the emergency situation of health caused by the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2. People who meet the following requirements can benefit from this permit: a) they are salaried workers; b) they have been absent from the workplace to care for the dependent children under the age of 14 or with a disability recognized by the Government; c) they work in an activity sector that has not been suspended due to the health emergency caused by SARS-CoV-2; d) they prove that both parents are in the same situation, or that they are single parent families, and that neither parent has any relatives until the second degree of blood line or affinity, except for the grandparents.