Training module: Occupational health and safety

Parents at work: pregnancy, leave and protection

What the law protects a pregnant employee from, how much leave mum and dad get, when a parent cannot be dismissed and what they are entitled to after returning. 8 short lessons with English captions (no English voice-over) and a test.

  • 18 min
  • Polish, English, German
  • Certificate of completion
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Isometric illustration of a room: a baby cot next to a desk with a laptop, and an orange calendar with a marked day on the wall.

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Course outline

8 lessons in the order you take them.

  1. Pregnancy at work: the employer's three steps

    Task: put in order2 min

    • You arrange the employer's steps in the statutory order.
    • You know what happens to pay when an employee is released from the duty to work.

  2. What is banned during pregnancy

    Task: sort into groups2 min

    • You tell absolute bans apart from activities allowed with the employee's consent.
    • You recognise work environment factors prohibited during pregnancy.

  3. Allowed, but with limits

    Task: choose the answer2 min

    • You apply the lifting and standing limits for a pregnant employee.
    • You know how often a break is due during screen work.

  4. 41 weeks of parental leave

    Task: choose the answer2 min

    • You explain how parental leave is split between the parents.
    • You apply the leave planning rules: parts, deadline, taking it at the same time.

  5. Dad's rights

    Task: reveal the answer2 min

    • You list the parental entitlements available to a father.
    • You tell myths about paternity leave apart from facts.

  6. Two different days off

    Task: sort into groups1 min

    • You tell time off to care for a child apart from time off due to force majeure.
    • You match typical situations to the correct type of time off.

  7. Protection against dismissal

    Task: choose the answer2 min

    • You explain when protection against dismissal starts and ends.
    • You list the exceptions to the protection and recognise unlawful actions by the employer.

  8. Return and flexible working

    Task: choose the answer2 min

    • You list the guarantees of an employee returning from parental leave.
    • You apply the deadlines for requests for flexible working and leave.

At the endFinal testCertificate of completion

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