How many weeks is my maternity leave?
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Read more The maternity leave for employees and the unemployed is 15 weeks, divided into 2 periods: 6 weeks of prenatal rest (the rest before your expected delivery date); 9 weeks of postnatal rest (the rest after your expected delivery date). You must take at least 1 week of the 6 weeks of prenatal rest before the expected date of delivery. You can convert the remaining 5 weeks into postnatal rest. The postnatal rest always starts from the date of delivery and must last 9 weeks. You can possibly extend the period with the transferable part of the prenatal rest. The maternity leave for self-employed persons is a maximum of 12 weeks: 3 of these are mandatory, of which 1 week is prenatal (before your expected delivery date). You must include the other 2 starting from the date of delivery; You can choose to take 9 weeks in periods of 7 calendar days. During these weeks you may carry out your self-employed activities for a maximum of half instead of stopping them completely.