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How much paid leave could be used for an adult child's health needs?
Leave for adult family members’ health needs includes leave specifically designated to care for adult family members’ health needs, as well as discretionary, family needs, and emergency leave which may also be used for adult family members’ health needs.
Adult children
captures references to child without restrictions on their age, family member, relative, immediate family, blood relatives, descendants, and relatives to the first degree.
Leave for adult family members’ health needs also includes cases where leave is available only for serious illnesses, hospitalization, or urgent health needs.
The duration of paid leave is given for an adult family member living within the same household of the worker.
Countries
Jamaica
- No paid leave
Lesotho
- No paid leave
Lebanon
- No paid leave
Latvia
- No paid leave
Laos
- No paid leave
Somalia
- No paid leave
Kuwait
- No paid leave
Republic of Korea
- No paid leave
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No paid leave
Kenya
- No paid leave
Kazakhstan
- No paid leave
Jordan
- No paid leave
South Africa
- No paid leave
Iraq
- No paid leave
Israel
- No paid leave
Solomon Islands
- No paid leave
Iran
- No paid leave
Indonesia
- No paid leave
India
- No paid leave
Iceland
- No paid leave
Hungary
- No paid leave
Sri Lanka
- No paid leave
Haiti
- No paid leave
Guyana
- No paid leave
Guinea-Bissau
- No paid leave
Guinea
- No paid leave
Guatemala
- No paid leave
Paraguay
- No paid leave
Albania
- No paid leave
Zimbabwe
- No paid leave
Singapore
- No paid leave
Mozambique
- No paid leave
Panama
- No paid leave
Palau
- No paid leave
Pakistan
- No paid leave
The Philippines
- No paid leave
Portugal
- No paid leave
Nigeria
- No paid leave
Niger
- No paid leave
Qatar
- No paid leave
New Zealand
- No paid leave
Nepal
- No paid leave
Nauru
- No paid leave
Rwanda
- No paid leave
Samoa
- No paid leave
Morocco
- No paid leave
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No paid leave
Mongolia
- No paid leave
Monaco
- No paid leave
Moldova
- No paid leave
Federated States of Micronesia
- No paid leave
Mexico
- No paid leave
Mauritius
- No paid leave
San Marino
- No paid leave
Marshall Islands
- No paid leave
Sao Tome and Principe
- No paid leave
Saudi Arabia
- No paid leave
Malaysia
- No paid leave
Malawi
- No paid leave
Madagascar
- No paid leave
Greenland
- No paid leave
Grenada
- No paid leave
Ghana
- No paid leave
United Kingdom
- No paid leave
Chad
- No paid leave
St. Lucia
- No paid leave
Tunisia
- No paid leave
Cabo Verde
- No paid leave
Türkiye
- No paid leave
Burundi
- No paid leave
Uganda
- No paid leave
Brunei
- No paid leave
Brazil
- No paid leave
Botswana
- No paid leave
United Arab Emirates
- No paid leave
Bolivia
- No paid leave
United States of America
- No paid leave
China
- No paid leave
Belize
- No paid leave
Uruguay
- No paid leave
Belarus
- No paid leave
Barbados
- No paid leave
Vanuatu
- No paid leave
Bahamas
- No paid leave
Azerbaijan
- No paid leave
Venezuela
- No paid leave
Vietnam
- No paid leave
Argentina
- No paid leave
Antigua and Barbuda
- No paid leave
Angola
- No paid leave
Algeria
- No paid leave
Chile
- No paid leave
Papua New Guinea
- No paid leave
Colombia
- No paid leave
Finland
- No paid leave
Eritrea
- No paid leave
Ecuador
- No paid leave
Suriname
- No paid leave
Dominican Republic
- No paid leave
Trinidad and Tobago
- No paid leave
Dominica
- No paid leave
Ethiopia
- No paid leave
Djibouti
- No paid leave
Sudan
- No paid leave
Tanzania
- No paid leave
Eswatini
- No paid leave
Equatorial Guinea
- No paid leave
Cyprus
- No paid leave
Cuba
- No paid leave
France
- No paid leave
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No paid leave
The Gambia
- No paid leave
Georgia
- No paid leave
Cote d'Ivoire
- No paid leave
Timor-Leste
- No paid leave
Tonga
- No paid leave
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- No paid leave
Andorra
- Less than one week
Zambia
- Less than one week
Spain
- Less than one week
Montenegro
- Less than one week
South Sudan
- Less than one week
Malta
- Less than one week
Tuvalu
- Less than one week
Kiribati
- Less than one week
Thailand
- Less than one week
Liechtenstein
- Less than one week
Uzbekistan
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Syria
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Tajikistan
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Ukraine
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Turkmenistan
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Serbia
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Liberia
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Estonia
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Bhutan
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Egypt
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Cambodia
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Lithuania
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Fiji
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Luxembourg
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Oman
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Myanmar
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Namibia
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Bahrain
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Nicaragua
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Armenia
- 1 - 1.9 weeks
Bangladesh
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Republic of the Congo
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
El Salvador
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Switzerland
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Croatia
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Togo
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Cameroon
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Comoros
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Central African Republic
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Benin
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Yemen
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Burkina Faso
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Australia
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Bulgaria
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Peru
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Gabon
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Germany
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Poland
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
The Netherlands
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Russian Federation
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Mauritania
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Mali
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Maldives
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Senegal
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Sierra Leone
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Slovenia
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Libya
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Honduras
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Greece
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Afghanistan
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Kyrgyzstan
- 2 - 5.9 weeks
Japan
- 6 weeks or more
Italy
- 6 weeks or more
Costa Rica
- 6 weeks or more
Ireland
- 6 weeks or more
Canada
- 6 weeks or more
Belgium
- 6 weeks or more
Denmark
- 6 weeks or more
Slovakia
- 6 weeks or more
Austria
- 6 weeks or more
Norway
- 6 weeks or more
Sweden
- 6 weeks or more
Czech Republic
- 6 weeks or more
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