If the employee needs to take care of his or her child, partner or another relative with a life-threatening illness, the employee is entitled to long-term care leave. The employee is also entitled to this leave if someone in his or her immediate surroundings is seriously ill or needs help for a longer period of time if the employee is the only person that can take care of the patient.
The maximum number of hours of long-term care leave is six times the number of working hours per week within a twelve-month period.
The employer may refuse an employee’s request to take long-term care leave if serious business interests so require. Once the leave has started, the employer cannot prematurely terminate the short-term care leave.
During long-term care leave, the employer does not have to continue salary payment and the employee does not accrue holidays.
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