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Women who have a miscarriage or stillbirth should be given paid special leave. The canton of Ticino demands this in a professional initiative and cites New Zealand as an example, which has three days of bereavement leave in such cases.
The Health Commission of the State Council does not want to follow the Ticino initiative, but is open to it. He wants the Federal Council to examine the proposal further. The Commission intends to present a corresponding postulate at the next meeting, which it decided by unanimity.
“horrific event”
Today, mothers are entitled to maternity benefit in the event of a stillbirth from the 23rd week of pregnancy. “Before this time, such events are considered disability under the Swiss Code of Obligations, but there is no specific public holiday,” the commission writes in a statement. That should change. Therefore, “better account should be taken of the effects of such shocking events”.
In Switzerland, children are considered stillborn if they are born after the 22nd week of pregnancy or with a birth weight of at least 500 grams. Otherwise, one speaks of miscarriages. Unlike stillbirths, these do not have to be reported. A stillborn baby also has the right to a burial and the right to a name. And only in the case of a stillbirth is the mother entitled to maternity leave. One in ten women will miscarry in the early stages. In four out of 1000 births, the child is stillborn.
In Switzerland, children are considered stillborn if they are born after the 22nd week of pregnancy or with a birth weight of at least 500 grams. Otherwise, one speaks of miscarriages. Unlike stillbirths, these do not have to be reported. A stillborn baby also has the right to a burial and the right to a name. And only in the case of a stillbirth is the mother entitled to maternity leave. One in ten women miscarries in the early stages. In four out of 1000 births, the child is stillborn.
In a first step, the legal situation in Switzerland and abroad should be analyzed in detail. The Ticino had emphasized in their professional initiative that such special leave is “a first step towards an appropriate acknowledgment of a loss that many families face and that today can often be coped with without support”.
assume benefits in case of pregnancy
The Commission also wants services during pregnancy before the 13th week to be exempt from cost-sharing. This would also eliminate the deductible and deductible. The Federal Council has already included corresponding proposals in its Cost Control Package 2. (Russian)
Source:Blick
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