Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities

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b divide the leave into a maximum of three periods of at least one month each;
c allow the leave taken per week to exceed one-half the weekly working hours.
5 The employer can postpone or, in exceptional cases, refuse the leave requested by the employee
referred to in paragraph 4 if there are compelling business or departmental reasons for doing so.
Article 4.13d Entitlement to leave
1 An employee who has been employed for at least one year is entitled to leave.
2 The entitlement to leave lapses on the child’s eighth birthday.
3 An employee who works outside the Netherlands is entitled to leave unless compelling business
or departmental reasons dictate otherwise.
4 An employee who has already taken parental leave to care for a child while working for another
employer is not entitled to parental leave on partial pay to care for the same child.
Article 4.13e Application for leave
1 The employee shall inform the employer in writing of the intention to take leave at least two
months prior to the starting date of the leave, stating:
a the period of the leave;
b the number of weekly leave hours;
c the distribution of leave hours throughout the week.
2 The starting and ending dates of the leave can made contingent on the date of birth, the date of
maternity leave or the start of the care.
3 The employer can change the distribution of leave hours throughout the week on the grounds of
compelling business or departmental reasons up to four weeks prior to the starting date of the leave
and after discussing this with the employee.
4 In the event the leave is divided into periods on the grounds of Article 4.13c, paragraph 4 under b,
the first three paragraphs of this Article shall apply to each period.
Article 4.13f Financial and other consequences
1 The employee shall retain 62.5% of his total remuneration over the hours of leave.
2 There shall be no accumulation of holiday hours over the hours of the parental leave.
3 Any commuting allowance shall be adjusted proportional to the actual working days.
4 During illness or disability, the parental leave shall not be suspended and the pay over the hours
of leave shall remain 62.5% of the total remuneration.
5 In the event the employee hands in his notice within six months of the end of the parental leave on
partial pay, or his employment is terminated due to circumstances attributable to him, he shall be
Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities, 1 September 2007 to 1 March 2010