WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Can working grandparents take paid leave specifically for their grandchildren's health needs?

Leave specifically for children’s health needs includes leave specifically designated for children’s health needs.

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

No explicit guarantee for grandparents means paid leave is available for parents, but not explicitly grandparents.

Countries

Afghanistan - 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

Bahrain - No paid leave

Bangladesh - No paid leave

Barbados - No paid leave

Belize - No paid leave

Benin - No paid leave

Botswana - No paid leave

Brunei - No paid leave

Burkina Faso - No paid leave

Burundi - No paid leave

Cameroon - No paid leave

Cabo Verde - No paid leave

Central African Republic - No paid leave

Chad - No paid leave

China - No paid leave

Comoros - No paid leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No paid leave

Republic of the Congo - No paid leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No paid leave

Cyprus - No paid leave

Djibouti - No paid leave

Dominica - No paid leave

Dominican Republic - No paid leave

Egypt - No paid leave

Equatorial Guinea - No paid leave

Eritrea - No paid leave

Ethiopia - No paid leave

Gabon - 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

Honduras - 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

Lebanon - No paid leave

Lesotho - No paid leave

Libya - No paid leave

Malawi - No paid leave

Malaysia - No paid leave

Mali - No paid leave

Marshall Islands - No paid leave

Mauritania - No paid leave

Mauritius - No paid leave

Micronesia, Federated States of - No paid leave

Monaco - No paid leave

Mongolia - No paid leave

Morocco - No paid leave

Myanmar - No paid leave

Nauru - No paid leave

Nepal - No paid leave

Niger - No paid leave

Nigeria - No paid leave

Oman - No paid leave

Pakistan - No paid leave

Palau - No paid leave

Papua New Guinea - No paid leave

Paraguay - No paid leave

The Philippines - No paid leave

Qatar - No paid leave

Rwanda - No paid leave

Samoa - No paid leave

Saudi Arabia - No paid leave

Senegal - No paid leave

Sierra Leone - No paid leave

Singapore - No paid leave

Solomon Islands - No paid leave

Somalia - 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

Syria - 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

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

Yemen - No paid leave

Zimbabwe - No paid leave

Albania - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Angola - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Armenia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Belarus - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Bhutan - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Bolivia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Brazil - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Cambodia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Chile - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Denmark - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Ecuador - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Estonia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Finland - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

France - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Greece - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Hungary - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Iceland - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Israel - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Italy - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Kyrgyzstan - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Latvia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Liberia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Liechtenstein - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

North Macedonia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Madagascar - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Maldives - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Malta - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Mexico - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Montenegro - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Mozambique - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Namibia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Nicaragua - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Panama - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Romania - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

San Marino - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Sao Tome and Principe - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Serbia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Slovakia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Slovenia - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

South Africa - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

South Sudan - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Switzerland - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Tanzania - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Türkiye - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Turkmenistan - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Tuvalu - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Ukraine - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Uzbekistan - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Vietnam - No explicit guarantee for grandparents

Kiribati - Leave available for dependents

New Zealand - Leave available for dependents

Peru - Leave available for dependents

Uruguay - Leave available for dependents

Zambia - Leave available for dependents

Andorra - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

Bulgaria - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

Costa Rica - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

El Salvador - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

Germany - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

Japan - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

Luxembourg - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

Norway - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

Poland - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

Seychelles - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

Spain - Leave available for grandparents living in the same household

Australia - Guaranteed for grandparents

Austria - Guaranteed for grandparents

Belgium - Guaranteed for grandparents

Canada - Guaranteed for grandparents

Colombia - Guaranteed for grandparents

Croatia - Guaranteed for grandparents

Cuba - Guaranteed for grandparents

Czech Republic - Guaranteed for grandparents

Fiji - Guaranteed for grandparents

Ireland - Guaranteed for grandparents

Lithuania - Guaranteed for grandparents

Moldova - Guaranteed for grandparents

The Netherlands - Guaranteed for grandparents

Portugal - Guaranteed for grandparents

Russian Federation - Guaranteed for grandparents

Sweden - Guaranteed for grandparents

Tajikistan - Guaranteed for grandparents