Denmark enhances leave entitlements for parents with sick children

Employers should be prepared to take family situations into account, even after parents have returned to work, experts explain

A newborn baby is treated for jaundice under ultraviolet light in an incubator.
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The Danish parliament has introduced a series of new rules aimed at improving the parental leave rights of workers with newborn children who are hospitalised – and those who have suffered the death