Leave of absence for breastfeeding - Kunnskapsbasen
Leave of absence for breastfeeding
On this page, you will find information about the employee`s rights in regards to taking time off work to breastfeed, and the applied procedures for this.
Theme site regarding leave of absence
Your rights
- All employees who breastfeed their child are entitled to time off work until the child turns two years old.
- If you work full days, you have the right to two hours per day. If you work between 2/3 and full day, you can take up until one hour per day.
- For employees with positions that include with different content, such as both research- and lecturing, breastfeeding leave should be divided proportionally. will influence the two parts proportionally. For example, if your position is 20% research and 80% lecturing, 80% of the breastfeeding leave will be taken from lecturing time and the rest from research time.
Confirmation Required
From when the child turns 9 months of age, a confirmation from a doctor or a child healthcare center is required.
Inform your leader
In order to take time off work to breastfeed, you need to inform your immediate leader as soon as possible. In addition, you must send written documentation from the health centre/doctor to the Service Centre for Payroll and HR. The documentation is stored in your personnel folder in the archive system Elements.
PhD candidate, postdoc and research assistant
Contact your local HR employee for any extension of employment in relation to your leave.
Register leave of absence
- If you are technically or administratively employed, you register breastfeeding leave every day in the the Self-service portal. Use the type "Breastfeeding leave w/ salary 091" for the time you have off. Register ordinary working hours the rest of the day as "Attendance". (001).
- Academic staff do not register breastfeeding leave in the Self-service portal, but agree this with their manager.
Guide: Attendance and absence (dfo.no)
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences have their own application for breastfeeding leave
Faculty of Humanities have their own application for breastfeeding leave for *PhD research fellows and Postdoctoral Fellow.*
References
- Hovedtariffavtalene (Fellesbestemmelsene § 19) (in Norwegian)
- Working Environment Act § 12-8 (in Norwegian)
Contact information
Do you have questions or need help? Contact the service center