Telework or sickness absence for parents of children under 16 ensures Muriel Pénicaud … L1 and L2 matches suspended “until further notice” …

10:20 am: Parents of children under the age of 16 who cannot use telework “are automatically entitled” to sick leave

Parents of children under the age of 16 who cannot use telework “are automatically entitled” to sick leave, if requested by the employer, said on Friday Franceinfo the Minister of Labor, Muriel Pénicaud.

Telework is possible for “roughly one in three jobs,” said the minister the day after Emmanuel Macron announced the closure of kindergartens, schools, colleges, high schools and universities from Monday.

“For all the others, I confirm that they can all be on sick leave if they have no solution, no telework, to take care of their children,” she added.

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