When an employee informs her supervisor about her pregnancy, or an employee tells his manager that he will soon become a father, every employer who finds himself in this situation for the first time, probably wonders what it will actually cost him. We have compiled the key facts on this in the following spreadsheet.
| Phase | Individual Prevention from Work because of dangers for mother or child in specific cases listed in § 11 Mutterschutzgesetz (Act on the Protection of Mothers) | Statutory Maternity Leave 6 weeks before and 8 respectively 12 weeks after birth, 12 weeks in case of early birth, twins, disabled child | Parental Leave up to 36 month per child split over up to 8 years | ||
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| Name of payment: | "Mutterschutzlohn" Remuneration for protected mothers | "Mutterschaftsgeld" Subsidy for motherhood | "Zuschuss zum Mutterschaftsgeld" Supplement to the subsididy for Motherhood | "Elterngeld" Parental money | |
| Employer pays: | Employer pays to the mother:
| Employer pays to the mother:
| Employer does not pay anything during parental leave He may reduce the leave accrual (proactively!) | ||
| Others pay: | The health insurance reimburses 100% of the salary for protected mothers to the employer (on request only) for details see § 1 sec. 2 no. 2, 3 AAG (Gesetz über den Ausgleich der Arbeitgeberaufwendungen für Entgeltfortzahlung – German Act on the Compensation of the Expenses of Employers for Continued Remuneration) | Health insurance pays:
| Health insurance reimburses to the employer:
| Administrative Office for Parental Money pays to the mother/father:
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