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Parental Leave in Science and Academia Balancing career and family at DESY Yvonne Umhey Parental Leave in Science and Academia Hamburg, 20th November 2014

Balancing career and family at DESY Kinder- garten Family Contact / component Advice WissZeitVG Promoting Contract career and Health extension manage- family at ment WissZeitVG DESY Flexible Parental working leave hours Part-time parental leave Yvonne Umhey | Balancing career and family at DESY | Nov.20, 2014 | Page 2

Balancing career and family at DESY Kinder- garten Family Contact / • Notify your group leader component Advice • Notify your HR officer in WissZeitVG charge > Close consultation for all questions > Submit the Promoting "Mutterpass" Contract career and Health pregnancy record extension manage- family at booklet ment WissZeitVG • International Office DESY > Advice for foreign employees • Equal opportunities officer Flexible Parental working leave hours Part-time parental leave Yvonne Umhey | Balancing career and family at DESY | Nov.20, 2014 | Page 3

Balancing career and family at DESY Kinder- garten Family Contact / component Advice WissZeitVG Company doctor : • Promoting ˃ Clarification Contract career and Health whether there is a extension manage- family at hazardous ment WissZeitVG situation at work DESY that has to be taken into account during pregnancy (e.g. working in a lab) Flexible Parental working leave hours Part-time parental leave Yvonne Umhey | Balancing career and family at DESY | Nov.20, 2014 | Page 4

Balancing career and family at DESY • Requires application for release from work ˃ in writing to be Kinder- handed to your HR garten officer ˃ 7 weeks prior to the Family Contact / component parental leave Advice Up to 3 years , 1 year can • WissZeitVG be transferred until the child turns 8. Recommendation : • ˃ Decide jointly with your Promoting group leader what is Contract career and Health best for you and also extension manage- family at good to handle for the ment WissZeitVG DESY group ˃ If possible, think carefully how parental leave is to be taken when filling out the 1st Flexible application Parental ˃ Advantage: 1st working leave application must be hours approved . When Part-time parental subsequent leave applications are made, the employer can make changes, if good reasons are given. Yvonne Umhey | Balancing career and family at DESY | Nov.20, 2014 | Page 5

Balancing career and family at DESY Kinder- garten Family Contact / component Advice WissZeitVG Promoting Contract career and Health extension manage- family at ment WissZeitVG DESY Flexible Parental • Options during parental leave: Employment up working leave to 30 hrs/week (" Part-time parental leave ") hours ˃ Is also taken into account in the extension of Part-time the employment contract according to parental WissZeitVG leave ˃ Partial entitlement to parental allowance (“Elterngeld”) is retained Yvonne Umhey | Balancing career and family at DESY | Nov.20, 2014 | Page 6

Balancing career and family at DESY Kinder- garten Family Contact / component Advice WissZeitVG Promoting Contract career and Health extension manage- family at • Generally, it is possible to take ment WissZeitVG DESY the employee's wishes into account • Flexitime or trust-based working hours • Working from home in Flexible agreement with the supervisor Parental working • Part-time: leave hours ˃ Reduction of working hours Part-time either by working fewer parental hours a day or working leave fewer days a week ˃ Consideration of the employee's needs as far as possible Yvonne Umhey | Balancing career and family at DESY | Nov.20, 2014 | Page 7

Balancing career and family at DESY Submit application • for an extension of Kinder- the fixed-term garten contract as per WissZeitVG for the Family Contact / duration of parental component Advice leave and maternity WissZeitVG leave to your HR officer • It is best to file the application at the Promoting same time as the Contract career and Health application for extension manage- family at parental leave ment ˃ Advantage : Only WissZeitVG DESY ONE application procedure to go through ˃ The application must be approved Flexible Parental by the employer. working leave hours Part-time parental leave Yvonne Umhey | Balancing career and family at DESY | Nov.20, 2014 | Page 8

Balancing career and family at DESY • The total duration of the Kinder- fixed term is extended by 2 garten years for each child Prerequisite: Agreement Family • Contact / component between employer and Advice WissZeitVG employee that this is to be claimed. Thus: Agreement with the • group leader on whether Promoting this option should be Contract claimed in the specific case career and Health extension manage- family at WissZeitV ment DESY G Flexible Parental working leave hours Part-time parental leave Yvonne Umhey | Balancing career and family at DESY | Nov.20, 2014 | Page 9

Balancing career and family at DESY • Located on the DESY campus Kinder- • Full-day care at nursery - child must be one garten year old! - and elementary level Attention: Waiting list is long! • Family Contact / Get into contact as early as possible with the component Advice nursery to arrange a space there for when WissZeitVG you need it Promoting Contract career and Health extension manage- family at ment WissZeitVG DESY Flexible Parental working leave hours Part-time parental leave Yvonne Umhey | Balancing career and family at DESY | Nov.20, 2014 | Page 10

Balancing career and family at DESY Thank you for your attention Yvonne Umhey | Balancing career and family at DESY | Nov.20, 2014 | Page 11