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Are workers guaranteed leave specifically to care for their spouse's health needs?
Leave specifically for adult family members’ health needs includes leave specifically designated to care for adult family members’ health needs.
Leave for adult family members’ health needs also includes cases where leave is available only for serious illnesses, hospitalization, or urgent health needs.
Available for ‘family members’ or ‘relatives’ means that legislation broadly guarantees leave for family health needs, but does not specify the type of relationship.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No paid leave
Nauru
- No paid leave
Federated States of Micronesia
- No paid leave
Moldova
- No paid leave
Monaco
- No paid leave
Mongolia
- No paid leave
Morocco
- No paid leave
Mozambique
- No paid leave
Myanmar
- No paid leave
Nepal
- No paid leave
Mauritius
- No paid leave
Niger
- No paid leave
Nigeria
- No paid leave
Oman
- No paid leave
Pakistan
- No paid leave
Palau
- No paid leave
Panama
- No paid leave
Papua New Guinea
- No paid leave
Mexico
- No paid leave
Mauritania
- No paid leave
The Philippines
- No paid leave
Lebanon
- No paid leave
Kazakhstan
- No paid leave
Kenya
- No paid leave
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No paid leave
Republic of Korea
- No paid leave
Kuwait
- No paid leave
Laos
- No paid leave
Latvia
- No paid leave
Lesotho
- No paid leave
Marshall Islands
- No paid leave
Albania
- No paid leave
Libya
- No paid leave
North Macedonia
- No paid leave
Madagascar
- No paid leave
Malawi
- No paid leave
Malaysia
- No paid leave
Mali
- No paid leave
Paraguay
- No paid leave
Portugal
- No paid leave
Jamaica
- No paid leave
Türkiye
- No paid leave
Tanzania
- No paid leave
Thailand
- No paid leave
Timor-Leste
- No paid leave
Togo
- No paid leave
Tonga
- No paid leave
Trinidad and Tobago
- No paid leave
Tunisia
- No paid leave
Uganda
- No paid leave
Eswatini
- No paid leave
United Arab Emirates
- No paid leave
United Kingdom
- No paid leave
United States of America
- No paid leave
Vanuatu
- No paid leave
Venezuela
- No paid leave
Vietnam
- No paid leave
Yemen
- No paid leave
Syria
- No paid leave
Suriname
- No paid leave
Qatar
- No paid leave
Sierra Leone
- No paid leave
Romania
- No paid leave
Rwanda
- No paid leave
Samoa
- No paid leave
San Marino
- No paid leave
Sao Tome and Principe
- No paid leave
Saudi Arabia
- No paid leave
Senegal
- No paid leave
Singapore
- No paid leave
Sudan
- No paid leave
Solomon Islands
- No paid leave
Somalia
- No paid leave
South Africa
- No paid leave
Sri Lanka
- No paid leave
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No paid leave
St. Lucia
- No paid leave
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No paid leave
Jordan
- No paid leave
Zimbabwe
- No paid leave
Brazil
- No paid leave
Bangladesh
- No paid leave
Cabo Verde
- No paid leave
Cameroon
- No paid leave
Eritrea
- No paid leave
Equatorial Guinea
- No paid leave
Brunei
- No paid leave
Egypt
- No paid leave
Ecuador
- No paid leave
Dominican Republic
- No paid leave
Azerbaijan
- No paid leave
Bahamas
- No paid leave
Dominica
- No paid leave
Djibouti
- No paid leave
Bahrain
- No paid leave
Barbados
- No paid leave
Finland
- No paid leave
Cyprus
- No paid leave
Cuba
- No paid leave
Belarus
- No paid leave
Cote d'Ivoire
- No paid leave
Belize
- No paid leave
Republic of the Congo
- No paid leave
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- No paid leave
Comoros
- No paid leave
Benin
- No paid leave
Colombia
- No paid leave
China
- No paid leave
Chile
- No paid leave
Chad
- No paid leave
Bolivia
- No paid leave
Ethiopia
- No paid leave
France
- No paid leave
Guatemala
- No paid leave
Iraq
- No paid leave
Burkina Faso
- No paid leave
Iran
- No paid leave
Indonesia
- No paid leave
India
- No paid leave
Algeria
- No paid leave
Burundi
- No paid leave
Hungary
- No paid leave
Honduras
- No paid leave
Haiti
- No paid leave
Guyana
- No paid leave
Guinea-Bissau
- No paid leave
Gabon
- No paid leave
Guinea
- No paid leave
Grenada
- No paid leave
Ghana
- No paid leave
The Gambia
- No paid leave
Georgia
- No paid leave
Argentina
- No paid leave
Central African Republic
- No paid leave
Greenland
- No paid leave
Botswana
- No paid leave
Antigua and Barbuda
- No paid leave
Uruguay
- For dependents only
Angola
- Paid for those living in the household
Greece
- Paid for those living in the household
Liechtenstein
- Paid for those living in the household
Austria
- Paid for those living in the household
Nicaragua
- Paid for those living in the household
Italy
- Paid for those living in the household
Sweden
- Paid leave
Bhutan
- Paid leave
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Paid leave
Switzerland
- Paid leave
Ireland
- Paid leave
Tajikistan
- Paid leave
Belgium
- Paid leave
Turkmenistan
- Paid leave
Ukraine
- Paid leave
Australia
- Paid leave
Armenia
- Paid leave
Uzbekistan
- Paid leave
Andorra
- Paid leave
Zambia
- Paid leave
Tuvalu
- Paid leave
Costa Rica
- Paid leave
Bulgaria
- Paid leave
The Netherlands
- Paid leave
Japan
- Paid leave
Kiribati
- Paid leave
Iceland
- Paid leave
Kyrgyzstan
- Paid leave
Lithuania
- Paid leave
Luxembourg
- Paid leave
Germany
- Paid leave
Maldives
- Paid leave
Malta
- Paid leave
Fiji
- Paid leave
Estonia
- Paid leave
Montenegro
- Paid leave
El Salvador
- Paid leave
Namibia
- Paid leave
New Zealand
- Paid leave
Spain
- Paid leave
Serbia
- Paid leave
South Sudan
- Paid leave
Cambodia
- Paid leave
Slovenia
- Paid leave
Slovakia
- Paid leave
Canada
- Paid leave
- Paid leave
Russian Federation
- Paid leave
Norway
- Paid leave
Poland
- Paid leave
Israel
- Paid leave
Peru
- Paid leave
Croatia
- Paid leave
Czech Republic
- Paid leave
Denmark
- Paid leave
Liberia
- Paid leave
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