NATIONAL LABOUR MARKET POLICIES
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2.5.3.2.Benefits subsequent to parental allowance
The following benefits were introduced with a view to supporting recipients of parental allowance who find it difficult to reintegrate into working life on expiry of their parental leave:
Enterprises which employ parents returning to work after parental leave for at least a further year after the compulsory four-week retention period receive a reintegration subsidy, which is payable by the local health insurance authority.
Under certain circumstances, persons who have received parental allowance and are dismissed by their employer after the retention period are entitled to training-unemployment benefit for a maximum duration of 26 weeks.
In lieu of this benefit, parents may also draw special emergency assistance if they find it impossible to take up new employment or continue their previous employment due to the absence of a care facility for their young child. The maximum duration of special emergency assistance is 52 weeks; as for emergency assistance, the partner's income is calculable. The beneficiary's willingness to work is not monitored during receipt of special emergency assistance.
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