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- The National Council also advocates that mothers of sick newborns, if the child has to stay in the hospital for more than three weeks, receive an extended maternity leave.
- However, the National Council has created differences with the Council of States. Like the Federal Council, it only wants mothers who can show they are returning to work to benefit.
- Due to differences, the proposal will be returned to the Council of States.
The National Council shows its empathetic side: unlike the Federal Council and the Council of States, it wants the maternity allowance to be extended if the newborn has to stay in hospital for at least two weeks immediately after birth.
The Federal Council and the Council of States propose that the compensation be extended only after a hospital stay of three weeks.
Until now, a regulation without maximum duration
However, the National Council wants this extension to only benefit mothers who can show that they want to return to work. The Council of States saw this point differently. He wanted to grant the extension to all the women affected on maternity leave.
The Income Compensation Act already provides for a deferral of compensation if a baby must be cared for in the hospital for more than three weeks. However, no income compensation is provided for the mother while the child is in the hospital. Nor has the maximum duration of the postponement been regulated yet.
SVP was against
The SVP requested that the petition be rejected because it rejects the extension of benefits and additional costs at the expense of the income compensation plan. The women in question can be expected to organize independently, said Therese Schläpfer (SVP / ZH).
Schläpfer also argued with the crisis of the crown. “We should think about saving.” Much more important than financial aid is the mother’s closeness to the child after birth.
