A new legislative initiative that would transform employment relations has been put up for public discussion. The initiative concerns the draft law “On Making Additions and an Amendment to the Labour Code,” which aims to strengthen employees’ social protection and introduce more flexible mechanisms for organizing work. The key focus of the draft law is to ensure compatibility between work and family life.
The draft law proposes introducing the concept of a “parental hour.” This will allow parents of children under the age of 12 to set aside a certain amount of time each day to take their children to or pick them up from school or kindergarten.
A parental hour will be granted, upon the employee’s written application, for a maximum of 30 minutes per day to a parent (foster parent, adoptive parent or guardian) with up to two children, and for a maximum of one hour per day to a parent (foster parent, adoptive parent or guardian) with three or more children.
Another key provision of the draft law concerns flexible working schedules. It is proposed to establish in law that employees and employers may, by mutual agreement, determine the start and end times of the working day.
We discussed the issue with Lyubov Gevorgyan, Head of the Labour and Remuneration Policy Division at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and Syusanna Soghomonyan, attorney at “Legal Alliance” Law Firm.
Watch the video for more details.