WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Are workers guaranteed paid leave to meet the health needs of all adult family members living in their household?

Leave for adult family members’ health needs includes leave specifically designated to care for adult family members’ health needs, as well as discretionary, family needs, and emergency leave which may also be used for adult family members’ health needs.

Leave for adult family members’ health needs also includes cases where leave is available only for serious illnesses, hospitalization, or urgent health needs.

Available for ‘family members’ or ‘relatives’ means that legislation broadly guarantees leave for family health needs, but does not specify the type of relationship.

New Zealand is the only country to guarantee leave for partners without explicitly addressing parents and adult children. New Zealand guarantees paid leave for spouses, partners, and dependents.

Countries

Albania - No paid leave

Algeria - No paid leave

Antigua and Barbuda - No paid leave

Argentina - No paid leave

Azerbaijan - No paid leave

Bahamas - No paid leave

Barbados - No paid leave

Belarus - No paid leave

Belize - No paid leave

Bolivia - No paid leave

Botswana - No paid leave

Brazil - No paid leave

Brunei - No paid leave

Burundi - No paid leave

Cabo Verde - No paid leave

Chad - No paid leave

Chile - No paid leave

China - No paid leave

Colombia - No paid leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No paid leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No paid leave

Cuba - No paid leave

Cyprus - No paid leave

Djibouti - No paid leave

Dominica - No paid leave

Dominican Republic - No paid leave

Ecuador - No paid leave

Equatorial Guinea - No paid leave

Eritrea - No paid leave

Ethiopia - No paid leave

Finland - No paid leave

France - No paid leave

The Gambia - No paid leave

Georgia - No paid leave

Ghana - 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

India - No paid leave

Indonesia - No paid leave

Iran - No paid leave

Iraq - No paid leave

Jamaica - No paid leave

Jordan - No paid leave

Kazakhstan - No paid leave

Kenya - No paid leave

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Kuwait - No paid leave

Laos - No paid leave

Latvia - No paid leave

Lebanon - No paid leave

Lesotho - No paid leave

Madagascar - No paid leave

Malawi - No paid leave

Malaysia - 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

Morocco - No paid leave

Mozambique - No paid leave

Nauru - No paid leave

Nepal - No paid leave

Niger - No paid leave

Nigeria - 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

The Philippines - No paid leave

Portugal - No paid leave

Qatar - 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

Singapore - No paid leave

Solomon Islands - No paid leave

Somalia - No paid leave

South Africa - 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

Tanzania - No paid leave

Timor-Leste - No paid leave

Tonga - No paid leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No paid leave

Tunisia - No paid leave

Türkiye - No paid leave

Uganda - No paid leave

United Arab Emirates - No paid leave

United Kingdom - No paid leave

United States of America - No paid leave

Vanuatu - No paid leave

Venezuela - No paid leave

Vietnam - No paid leave

Zimbabwe - No paid leave

Angola - Leave for some immediate family members

Greece - Leave for some immediate family members

Iceland - Leave for some immediate family members

Israel - Leave for some immediate family members

New Zealand - Leave for some immediate family members

South Sudan - Leave for some immediate family members

Zambia - Leave for some immediate family members

Cambodia - Leave for all immediate family members

Slovakia - Leave for all immediate family members

Afghanistan - Leave for at least some extended family members

Andorra - Leave for at least some extended family members

Australia - Leave for at least some extended family members

Austria - Leave for at least some extended family members

Bahrain - Leave for at least some extended family members

Bangladesh - Leave for at least some extended family members

Belgium - Leave for at least some extended family members

Benin - Leave for at least some extended family members

Bhutan - Leave for at least some extended family members

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Leave for at least some extended family members

Bulgaria - Leave for at least some extended family members

Burkina Faso - Leave for at least some extended family members

Cameroon - Leave for at least some extended family members

Canada - Leave for at least some extended family members

Central African Republic - Leave for at least some extended family members

Comoros - Leave for at least some extended family members

Republic of the Congo - Leave for at least some extended family members

Costa Rica - Leave for at least some extended family members

Croatia - Leave for at least some extended family members

Czech Republic - Leave for at least some extended family members

Egypt - Leave for at least some extended family members

El Salvador - Leave for at least some extended family members

Fiji - Leave for at least some extended family members

Gabon - Leave for at least some extended family members

Germany - Leave for at least some extended family members

Honduras - Leave for at least some extended family members

Ireland - Leave for at least some extended family members

Italy - Leave for at least some extended family members

Japan - Leave for at least some extended family members

Kiribati - Leave for at least some extended family members

Liberia - Leave for at least some extended family members

Libya - Leave for at least some extended family members

Luxembourg - Leave for at least some extended family members

North Macedonia - Leave for at least some extended family members

Maldives - Leave for at least some extended family members

Mali - Leave for at least some extended family members

Malta - Leave for at least some extended family members

Mauritania - Leave for at least some extended family members

Montenegro - Leave for at least some extended family members

Myanmar - Leave for at least some extended family members

Namibia - Leave for at least some extended family members

The Netherlands - Leave for at least some extended family members

Nicaragua - Leave for at least some extended family members

Norway - Leave for at least some extended family members

Oman - Leave for at least some extended family members

Peru - Leave for at least some extended family members

Poland - Leave for at least some extended family members

Romania - Leave for at least some extended family members

Senegal - Leave for at least some extended family members

Serbia - Leave for at least some extended family members

Seychelles - Leave for at least some extended family members

Sierra Leone - Leave for at least some extended family members

Spain - Leave for at least some extended family members

Sweden - Leave for at least some extended family members

Syria - Leave for at least some extended family members

Thailand - Leave for at least some extended family members

Togo - Leave for at least some extended family members

Tuvalu - Leave for at least some extended family members

Yemen - Leave for at least some extended family members

Armenia - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Denmark - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Estonia - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Kyrgyzstan - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Liechtenstein - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Lithuania - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Russian Federation - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Slovenia - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Switzerland - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Tajikistan - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Turkmenistan - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Ukraine - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Uruguay - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'

Uzbekistan - Available for 'family members' or 'relatives'