| Table 5g. Maternity leave benefits |
Last Update: December 2008 |
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| Afghanistan |
90 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Albania |
365 |
calendar days |
|
80, 50 |
(a) |
|
Social insurance system |
| Algeria |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Andora |
16 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social insurance system |
| Angola |
3 |
months |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security (if necessary, the employer adds up to the full wage) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
13 |
weeks |
|
60 |
|
|
Social insurance system and supplemented by Employer |
| Argentina |
90 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Family allowance funds (financed through state and employer contributions) |
| Armenia |
140 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Australia |
52 |
weeks |
|
… |
(b) |
|
Universal and social assistance systems |
| Austria |
16 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Statutory health insurance, family burden equalization fund, or employer |
| Azerbaijan |
126 |
calendar days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Bahamas |
13 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
The National Insurance Board (2/3) and the employer (1/3) |
| Bahrain |
45 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Bangladesh |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Barbados |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
National insurance system |
| Belarus |
126 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
State social insurance |
| Belgium |
15 |
weeks |
|
82, 75 |
(c) |
|
Social security |
| Belize |
12 |
weeks |
|
80 |
|
|
Social security or employer (for women who are not entitled to receive benefits from social security) |
| Benin |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
50% social security, 50% employer |
| Bermuda |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(d) |
|
Employer |
| Bolivia |
60 |
days |
(e) |
95 |
(f) |
|
Social insurance |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
1 |
year |
|
100 |
|
|
… |
| Botswana |
12 |
weeks |
|
25 |
|
|
Employer |
| Brazil |
120 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| British Virgin Islands |
13 |
weeks |
|
67 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Bulgaria |
135 |
days |
|
90 |
|
|
Public social insurance (the General Sickness and Maternity Fund) |
| Burkina Faso |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security and employer |
| Burundi |
12 |
weeks |
|
50 |
|
|
Employer |
| Cambodia |
90 |
days |
|
50 |
|
|
Employer |
| Cameroon |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
The National Social Insurance Fund |
| Canada |
17-18 |
weeks |
(g) |
55 |
(h) |
|
Federal and State Employment Insurance |
| Cape Verde |
45 |
days |
|
90 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Central African Republic |
14 |
weeks |
|
50 |
|
|
Social security |
| Chad |
14 |
weeks |
|
50 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Channel Islands, Guernsey |
18 |
weeks |
|
… |
(i) |
|
Social insurance and social assistance |
| Channel Islands, Jersey |
18 |
weeks |
|
… |
(i) |
|
Social insurance |
| Chile |
18 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| China |
90 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| China, Hong kong SAR |
10 |
weeks |
|
80 |
|
|
Employer |
| Colombia |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Comoros |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Congo |
15 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
50% social security, 50% employer |
| Costa Rica |
4 |
months |
|
100 |
|
|
50% social security, 50% employer |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
The National Social Insurance Fund |
| Croatia |
1+ |
year |
(j) |
100 |
(k) |
|
Health Insurance Fund (until the child reaches the age of 6 months), and the rest is paid from the State Budget |
| Cuba |
18 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Cyprus |
16 |
weeks |
|
75 |
|
|
Social security |
| Czech Republic |
28 |
weeks |
|
69 |
|
|
Social security |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
14 |
weeks |
|
67 |
|
|
Employer |
| Denmark |
52 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(h) |
|
Municipality and employer |
| Djibouti |
14 |
weeks |
|
50, 100 |
(l) |
|
Employer |
| Dominica |
12 |
weeks |
|
60 |
|
|
Social security and employer |
| Dominican Republic |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
50% Social security, 50% Employer |
| Ecuador |
8 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
75% Social security, 25% Employer |
| Egypt |
90 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security and employer |
| El Salvador |
12 |
weeks |
|
75 |
|
|
Social security for insured workers, otherwise Employer must pay |
| Equatorial Guinea |
12 |
weeks |
|
75 |
|
|
Social security |
| Eritrea |
60 |
days |
|
… |
(m) |
|
Employer |
| Estonia |
140 |
calendar days |
|
100 |
|
|
Health Insurance Fund |
| Ethiopia |
90 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer for upto 45 days |
| Fiji |
84 |
days |
|
… |
(i) |
|
Employer |
| Finland |
105 |
working days |
|
70 |
|
|
Social insurance system |
| France |
16 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(h) |
|
Social security |
| Gabon |
14 |
weeks |
|
50 |
|
|
Social insurance system |
| Gambia |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Germany |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Statutory health insurance scheme, state, employer |
| Ghana |
12 |
weeks |
|
… |
(n) |
|
… |
| Greece |
119 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security/Employer |
| Grenada |
3 |
months |
|
100, 60 |
(o) |
|
60% for 12 weeks by Social security, 40% for 2 months by Employer |
| Guatemala |
84 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
2/3 Social security, 1/3 Employer |
| Guinea |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
50% Social security, 50% Employer |
| Guinea-Bissau |
60 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer (if a woman affiliated to a social security scheme receives a subsidy, the employer pays the difference between the subsidy and the salary) |
| Guyana |
13 |
weeks |
|
70 |
|
|
Social security |
| Haiti |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(p) |
|
Employer |
| Honduras |
10 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
2/3 Social security, 1/3 Employer |
| Hungary |
24 |
weeks |
|
70 |
|
|
Social insurance system |
| Iceland |
3 |
months |
|
80 |
|
|
Social security |
| India |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security or employer (for non-covered women) |
| Indonesia |
3 |
months |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
90 |
days |
|
67 |
|
|
Social security |
| Iraq |
62 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Ireland |
18 |
weeks |
|
70 |
|
|
Social Insurance Fund |
| Isle of Man |
26 |
weeks |
|
90 |
(h) |
|
Social insurance and social assistance system |
| Israel |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(h) |
|
Social security |
| Italy |
5 |
months |
|
80 |
|
|
Social security |
| Jamaica |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(q) |
|
Employer |
| Japan |
14 |
weeks |
|
60 |
|
|
Health insurance scheme (if managed by employer), or Social Insurance Agency (if managed by the Government) |
| Jordan |
10 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Kazakhstan |
126 |
calendar days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Kenya |
2 |
months |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Kiribati |
12 |
weeks |
|
25 |
|
|
Employer |
| Kuwait |
70 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Kyrgyzstan |
126 |
calendar days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Lao People's Democratic Rep. |
90 |
days |
|
100 |
(r) |
|
Social security or employer |
| Latvia |
112 |
calendar days |
|
100 |
|
|
State Social Insurance |
| Lebanon |
7 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Lesotho |
12 |
weeks |
|
… |
(s) |
|
Employer |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
50 |
days |
|
50, 100 |
(t) |
|
Employer (social security for self-employed women) |
| Liechtenstein |
20 |
weeks |
|
80 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Lithuania |
126 |
calendar days |
|
100 |
|
|
State Social Insurance Fund |
| Luxembourg |
16 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Madagascar |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
50% Social insurance, 50% Employer |
| Malawi |
8 |
weeks |
(u) |
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Malaysia |
60 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Mali |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Malta |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(v) |
|
Employer |
| Mauritania |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social Security Fund |
| Mauritius |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Mexico |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Monaco |
16 |
weeks |
|
90 |
(h) |
|
Social insurance |
| Mongolia |
120 |
days |
|
70 |
|
|
Social Insurance Fund |
| Morocco |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Mozambique |
60 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Myanmar |
12 |
weeks |
|
67 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Namibia |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Nepal |
52 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Netherlands |
16 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(h) |
|
Unemployment fund |
| New Zealand |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(h) |
|
State funds (Universal and social assistance system) |
| Nicaragua |
12 |
weeks |
|
60 |
|
|
Social security |
| Niger |
14 |
weeks |
|
50 |
|
|
Social security |
| Nigeria |
12 |
weeks |
|
50 |
|
|
Employer |
| Norway |
42-52 |
weeks |
(w) |
80, 100 |
(x) |
|
Social Insurance Fund |
| Pakistan |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Panama |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social Security Fund (but employer liable to cover difference between the maternity allowance paid by the Social Security Fund ) |
| Papua New Guinea |
6+ |
weeks |
(y) |
… |
|
|
… |
| Paraguay |
12 |
weeks |
|
50 |
(z) |
|
Social security system |
| Peru |
90 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Philippines |
60 |
days |
(aa) |
100 |
|
|
Employer (reimbursed by the social security system) |
| Poland |
16 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social Insurance Fund |
| Portugal |
120 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Qatar |
50 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Republic of Korea |
90 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
60 days Employer, 30 days Employment Insurance Fund |
| Republic of Moldova |
126 |
calendar days |
|
100 |
|
|
State Social Insurance Fund |
| Romania |
126 |
days |
|
85 |
|
|
Social Insurance Fund |
| Russian Federation |
140 |
calendar days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social Insurance Fund |
| Rwanda |
12 |
weeks |
|
67 |
|
|
Employer |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
13 |
weeks |
|
60 |
|
|
Social security |
| Saint Lucia |
3 |
months |
|
65 |
|
|
Social security |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
13 |
weeks |
|
65 |
|
|
Social security |
| San Marino |
5 |
months |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
70 |
days |
|
100 |
(bb) |
|
Social security (Employer must pay for women not covered by social security) |
| Saudi Arabia |
10 |
weeks |
|
50, 100 |
(cc) |
|
Employer |
| Senegal |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Serbia |
365 |
days |
|
100 |
(dd) |
|
Social insurance |
| Seychelles |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(ee) |
|
Employer |
| Singapore |
16 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(ff) |
|
Employer and Government |
| Slovakia |
28 |
weeks |
|
55 |
|
|
Social Insurance Fund |
| Slovenia |
105 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
State |
| Solomon Islands |
12 |
weeks |
|
25 |
|
|
Employer |
| Somalia |
14 |
weeks |
|
50 |
|
|
Employer |
| South Africa |
4 |
months |
|
60 |
(gg) |
|
Unemployment Insurance Fund |
| Spain |
16 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| Sri Lanka |
12 |
weeks |
|
86, 100 |
(hh) |
|
Employer |
| Sudan |
8 |
weeks |
|
… |
(n) |
|
Employer |
| Swaziland |
12 |
weeks |
|
… |
|
|
… |
| Sweden |
480 |
days |
|
80 |
(h)(ii)(jj) |
|
Social insurance |
| Switzerland |
14 |
weeks |
|
80 |
(h) |
|
Social security |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
50 |
days |
|
70 |
|
|
Employer |
| Tajikistan |
140 |
calendar days |
|
… |
|
|
… |
| TFYR of Macedonia |
9 |
months |
|
… |
(m) |
|
… |
| Thailand |
90 |
days |
|
100, 50 |
(kk) |
|
Employer and Social insurance system |
| Togo |
14 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
50% Employer, 50% Social security |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
13 |
weeks |
|
100, 50 |
(ll) |
|
Employer/Social security |
| Tunisia |
1-2 |
months |
|
67, 100 |
(mm)(nn) |
|
Social insurance |
| Turkey |
16 |
weeks |
|
67 |
(oo) |
|
Social security |
| Turkmenistan |
112 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Uganda |
8 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(pp) |
|
Employer |
| Ukraine |
126 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Social security |
| United Arab Emirates |
3 |
months |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| United Kingdom |
52 |
weeks |
|
90 |
(qq)(rr) |
|
Employer (92% refunded by public funds) |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| United States of America |
12 |
weeks |
|
… |
(ss) |
|
… |
| Uruguay |
12 |
weeks |
|
100 |
(tt) |
|
Social security |
| Uzbekistan |
126 |
calendar days |
|
100 |
|
|
State social insurance scheme |
| Vanuatu |
12 |
weeks |
|
50 |
|
|
Employer |
| Venezuela |
18 |
weeks |
|
67 |
|
|
Social insurance |
| Viet Nam |
4-6 |
months |
(uu) |
100 |
|
|
Social Insurance Fund |
| Yemen |
60 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |
| Zambia |
12 |
weeks |
|
… |
(n) |
|
Employer |
| Zimbabwe |
90 |
days |
|
100 |
|
|
Employer |