SwitzerlandSozialstaat, Arbeit und Alltag 19 · Welfare, work and everyday life

What did the voters accept for families in September 2020?

In the exam (German)

Was haben die Stimmberechtigten im September 2020 für Familien angenommen?

  1. aone year of parental leave for both parentsein Jahr Elternzeit für beide Eltern
  2. bthe first maternity insurancedie erste Mutterschaftsversicherung
  3. ctwo weeks of paid paternity leavezwei Wochen bezahlten VaterschaftsurlaubCorrect answer
  4. dhigher child allowances for all familieshöhere Kinderzulagen für alle Familien

Why?

On 27 September 2020, two weeks of paternity leave (Vaterschaftsurlaub) was accepted; it has applied since 2021. During this time, working fathers receive 80 per cent of their pay from the income compensation scheme (EO).

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Our own practice questions on the facts of the Federal Constitution and the official information of the Confederation and the cantons of Zurich, Aargau and Bern. They are not the questions of the cantonal tests, and no wording from the cantonal question catalogues has been reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI; in the test the questions are in German. We are not affiliated with the Confederation, the cantons or the communes.

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