WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Are workers guaranteed paid leave specifically for family emergencies?

Family emergency leave is leave available for urgent family circumstances, family emergencies, and emergencies affecting a worker’s household. Leave specifically for urgent family health needs or accidents is captured separately in other variables.

Leave that is at the discretion of the employer is not considered a guarantee of paid family emergency leave.

Countries

Afghanistan - No paid leave

Albania - No paid leave

Algeria - No paid leave

Andorra - No paid leave

Angola - No paid leave

Antigua and Barbuda - No paid leave

Argentina - No paid leave

Armenia - No paid leave

Austria - No paid leave

Bahamas - No paid leave

Bahrain - No paid leave

Bangladesh - No paid leave

Barbados - No paid leave

Belarus - No paid leave

Belize - No paid leave

Benin - No paid leave

Bhutan - No paid leave

Bolivia - No paid leave

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No paid leave

Botswana - No paid leave

Brazil - No paid leave

Brunei - No paid leave

Bulgaria - No paid leave

Burkina Faso - No paid leave

Burundi - No paid leave

Cambodia - No paid leave

Cameroon - No paid leave

Canada - No paid leave

Central African Republic - No paid leave

Chad - No paid leave

Chile - No paid leave

China - No paid leave

Colombia - No paid leave

Comoros - No paid leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No paid leave

Republic of the Congo - No paid leave

Costa Rica - No paid leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No paid leave

Croatia - No paid leave

Cuba - No paid leave

Cyprus - No paid leave

Czech Republic - No paid leave

Denmark - No paid leave

Djibouti - No paid leave

Dominica - No paid leave

Dominican Republic - No paid leave

Ecuador - No paid leave

Egypt - No paid leave

El Salvador - No paid leave

Equatorial Guinea - No paid leave

Eritrea - No paid leave

Estonia - No paid leave

Ethiopia - No paid leave

Fiji - No paid leave

Finland - No paid leave

France - No paid leave

Gabon - No paid leave

The Gambia - No paid leave

Georgia - No paid leave

Germany - No paid leave

Ghana - No paid leave

Greece - No paid leave

Greenland - No paid leave

Grenada - No paid leave

Guatemala - No paid leave

Guinea - No paid leave

Guinea-Bissau - No paid leave

Guyana - No paid leave

Haiti - No paid leave

Hungary - No paid leave

Iceland - No paid leave

India - No paid leave

Indonesia - No paid leave

Iran - No paid leave

Iraq - No paid leave

Ireland - No paid leave

Israel - No paid leave

Italy - No paid leave

Jamaica - No paid leave

Japan - No paid leave

Jordan - No paid leave

Kazakhstan - No paid leave

Kenya - No paid leave

Kiribati - No paid leave

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Kuwait - No paid leave

Kyrgyzstan - No paid leave

Laos - No paid leave

Latvia - No paid leave

Lebanon - No paid leave

Lesotho - No paid leave

Libya - No paid leave

Liechtenstein - No paid leave

Lithuania - No paid leave

Luxembourg - No paid leave

North Macedonia - No paid leave

Madagascar - No paid leave

Malawi - No paid leave

Malaysia - No paid leave

Maldives - No paid leave

Mali - No paid leave

Malta - No paid leave

Marshall Islands - No paid leave

Mauritius - No paid leave

Mexico - No paid leave

Micronesia, Federated States of - No paid leave

Moldova - No paid leave

Monaco - No paid leave

Mongolia - No paid leave

Montenegro - No paid leave

Morocco - No paid leave

Mozambique - No paid leave

Myanmar - No paid leave

Namibia - No paid leave

Nauru - No paid leave

Nepal - No paid leave

The Netherlands - No paid leave

New Zealand - No paid leave

Nicaragua - No paid leave

Niger - No paid leave

Nigeria - No paid leave

Norway - No paid leave

Oman - No paid leave

Pakistan - No paid leave

Palau - No paid leave

Panama - No paid leave

Papua New Guinea - No paid leave

Paraguay - No paid leave

Peru - No paid leave

The Philippines - No paid leave

Poland - No paid leave

Portugal - No paid leave

Qatar - No paid leave

Russian Federation - No paid leave

Rwanda - No paid leave

Samoa - No paid leave

San Marino - No paid leave

Sao Tome and Principe - No paid leave

Saudi Arabia - No paid leave

Senegal - No paid leave

Serbia - No paid leave

Seychelles - No paid leave

Sierra Leone - No paid leave

Singapore - No paid leave

Slovakia - No paid leave

Slovenia - No paid leave

Solomon Islands - No paid leave

Somalia - No paid leave

South Africa - No paid leave

South Sudan - No paid leave

Spain - No paid leave

Sri Lanka - No paid leave

St. Kitts and Nevis - No paid leave

St. Lucia - No paid leave

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No paid leave

Sudan - No paid leave

Suriname - No paid leave

Eswatini - No paid leave

Sweden - No paid leave

Switzerland - No paid leave

Syria - No paid leave

Tajikistan - No paid leave

Tanzania - No paid leave

Thailand - No paid leave

Timor-Leste - No paid leave

Togo - No paid leave

Tonga - No paid leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No paid leave

Tunisia - No paid leave

Türkiye - No paid leave

Turkmenistan - No paid leave

Tuvalu - No paid leave

Uganda - No paid leave

Ukraine - No paid leave

United Arab Emirates - No paid leave

United States of America - No paid leave

Uruguay - No paid leave

Uzbekistan - No paid leave

Vanuatu - No paid leave

Venezuela - No paid leave

Vietnam - No paid leave

Yemen - No paid leave

Zambia - No paid leave

Zimbabwe - No paid leave

Azerbaijan - Unpaid leave only

Belgium - Unpaid leave only

Cabo Verde - Unpaid leave only

Mauritania - Unpaid leave only

United Kingdom - Unpaid leave only

Australia - Yes, paid leave

Honduras - Yes, paid leave

Liberia - Yes, paid leave

Romania - Yes, paid leave