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parental leave

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Dutch parliament scraps plan to cut benefits for pregnant women and young parents
12 March 2026 - 10:20
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An UWV office complex in Breda. November 2015
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New Cabinet wants to drastically cut welfare benefits for high-income earners
6 February 2026 - 07:39
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Baby sleeping on dad's chest
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More parents taking paid parental leave; 40% of last year's applications from fathers
16 September 2024 - 14:30
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Quarter of parents don't use all their parental leave: Benefits Agency
22 April 2024 - 09:04
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New Dutch gov't advised to bundle all paid leave in one, simplified law
12 January 2024 - 15:50
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Liesje Schreinemacher on the Binnenhof in The Hague, 14 January 2022
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Foreign Trade Minister Schreinemacher gives birth to her son, Titiaan
5 January 2024 - 08:30
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More than 120,000 parents use new system of paid parental leave
27 August 2023 - 13:40
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Liesje Schreinemacher on the Binnenhof in The Hague, 14 January 2022
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Liesje Schreinemacher announces pregnancy; First ever maternity leave for Dutch Minister
14 August 2023 - 09:45
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Netherlands parents can now take paid parental leave
2 August 2022 - 08:01
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Baby sleeping on dad's chest
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Extra parental leave popular among fathers
12 May 2022 - 19:30
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Parents in Netherlands to get 9 weeks parental leave at 70% pay
8 March 2022 - 10:40
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Father changing a diaper
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Additional parental leave more expensive for people with minimum wage: report
20 August 2021 - 19:00
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Netherlands approves nine additional weeks of partially paid leave for new parents
21 April 2021 - 19:00
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GroenLinks wants parents to get paid leave during pandemic
17 January 2021 - 08:15
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KPN, ASR, Unilever among Dutch companies that score well on gender equality
7 October 2020 - 17:40
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Longer parental leave among law changes taking effect today
1 July 2020 - 11:18
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Paid parental leave extended further starting in 2022
29 April 2020 - 08:39
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Dutch family King's Day
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Netherlands gets ready for expanded EU paid parental leave; Plan expected by year-end
5 April 2019 - 13:01
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Fathers, partners to get 5 days paid childbirth leave from 2019
21 February 2018 - 14:40
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Give both parents six weeks paid leave after childbirth: Dutch council
16 February 2018 - 09:15
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Labour MP pushes six-month parental leave in Netherlands
30 September 2015 - 09:40
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Advocates: More parental leave benefits fathers, kids
23 May 2015 - 18:58

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