Home » Industrial relations » Transnational industrial relations » Solvay: global agreement on minimum levels of protection revised to align paternity and co-parent leave with maternity leave Solvay: global agreement on minimum levels of protection revised to align paternity and co-parent leave with maternity leave On 15 December 2020, the management of the Belgian chemicals firm Solvay and its global staff representation body, the Solvay Global Forum (see article n°10248), revised their first global agreement on the minimum levels of protection for employees in terms of welfare and healthcare, signed on 22 February 2017 (see article n°10083), in order to extend parental leave (mothers, fathers, co-parents and adoptive parents) to 16 weeks. Through . Published on 18 January 2021 à 15h51 - Update on 22 September 2021 à 16h08 Resources “As one of our key measures to strengthen gender equality, we are broadening our Solvay Cares benefit program. We are adapting our global policy of 14 weeks maternity leave to 16 weeks, extending it to co-parents employed by the company regardless of gender,… Global Framework AgreementsParenthood Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
