Parental leave

Ten days of paid parental leave is granted to members of staff who are legal fathers of children, during the six months following the birth, adoption or fostering of one or more children, as long as the member of staff is the husband or registered partner of the child's mother, or is in a couple with her.

The father's parental leave cannot be added to maternity, adoption or birth leave.

Staff are entitled to ten further days unpaid leave during the year following the birth.

For contracts paid by the Department for Public Education (DIP)
Two years of unpaid parental leave can be granted to mothers and fathers employed by UNIGE with DIP contracts, after the maternity leave. In agreement with your superior, part-time work can continue. It is guaranteed that you can return to your former role in full at the end of the leave. As is the case with maternity leave, employees who take parental leave are entitled to make up for its duration at the end of their appointment, provided a request was submitted beforehand.

For contracts paid by an external fund
Employees with a contract paid for by external funding (SNSF or other) are not entitled to parental leave, nor to temporary reduction of their employment rate for family reasons. This reduction can nonetheless be negotiated with the superior, but a return to the previous working hours is not guaranteed.