The ten-day death leave may be distributed over four weeks from the death of the family member.

The Ministry of Labor has already presented to social agents its proposal for a Royal Decree to extend work permits due to the death of close relatives and for palliative care. The objective of the ministry headed by Yolanda Díaz is extend bereavement leave from two to ten days when the spouse, common-law partner or relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity die. Those ten days could be distributed over the four weeks since the family’s death, according to what Cadena SER reported this Monday.

Ministry sources confirm Economic Information that the proposal sent to the unions over the weekend also specifies the new palliative care leave which will last up to 15 days. You will be entitled to this if this care affects your spouse, common-law partner or other second-degree relatives of consanguinity.

In this case, it may be divided into two different periods, although only once per patient and for a maximum of three months from when it is granted to the worker, who You will have to present a medical report justifying the situation palliative care to qualify for it. The department led by Díaz is also preparing another one-day special permit to be able to accompany a person when they are going to receive euthanasia. What will prevail in this case is that the worker requesting the permit has been the person designated to accompany the sick person, whether or not he or she is related to the sick person.

These two modifications will imply a reform of the Workers’ Statute and would be added to the five days paid leave which current legislation includes for accident or serious illness, hospitalization or surgical intervention of a spouse, de facto partner or relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity.

“One of the problems that Spain has with productivity is that sometimes workers They have to go to work in unfavorable conditions. “No one can go to work two days after the death of a father, mother or child,” the second vice president denounced on October 9, announcing this measure that, to date, employers oppose.