Support of family members

As regards absences to care for family members, the Labour Code in its Article 252:

1. The worker has the right to be absent from work up to 15 days a year in order to provide unavoidable and essential assistance, in the event of illness or accident, to the spouse or unmarried partner or common-law worker, relative or relative in the ascending straight line or the 2nd degree of the collateral line.
2. In addition to the planned period of absence, a further 15 days per year are required in the case of assistance that cannot be postponed and is essential for a disabled or chronically ill person who is a spouse or unmarried partner of the worker.
3. In the case of assistance to a relative or kin in the ascending line, membership of the same household is not required.
4. The employer may require the employee to justify the absence:

• Proof that the assistance is unavoidable and indispensable;
• Declaration that the other members of the household, if they provide assistance;
• In the case of the previous paragraph, a declaration that other family members, if they are engaged in professional activity, have not been absent for the same reason or are unable to provide assistance.

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