English-Finnish translations for parental leave

• vanhempainvapaa
  Vanhempainvapaa täydellä palkalla on sangen asianmukaista. Full pay for parental leave is quite correct.
  Joissakin maissa on äitiysvapaa, joissakin on myös isyysvapaa ja joissakin on vanhempainvapaa. Some countries have maternity leave, some have paternity leave as well, and some have parental leave.
  Käännöksissä on sekoitettu muun muassa sanat barnledighet (vanhempainvapaa) ja mammaledighet (äitiysloma). Among other things, there is confusion between the terms barnledighet (parental leave) and mammaledighet (maternity leave).

Definition of parental leave

• A leave of absence from a job for a parent to take care of a baby

Examples

• Both my husband and I are on a 3-month parental leave while we look after our newborn baby.

Related words

• parental
• biparental
• uniparental
• homoparental
• transparental
• parental speech
• parental allowance
• parental controls
• parental genomic imprinting