Council Directive 2010/18/EU establishes the right to parental leave and sets out minimum requirements for that leave (4 months for each parent, at least one month of which cannot be transferred to the other parent) as well as protection of employment rights and when returning to work and the right to leave from work on grounds of force majeure.
Direktivom Vijeća 2010/18/EU utvrđuje se pravo na rodiljni dopust i propisuju minimalni zahtjevi za taj dopust (četiri mjeseca za svakog roditelja, od čega najmanje jedan mjesec mora biti neprenosiv na drugog roditelja) te zaštita radnih prava i pri povratku na posao te pravo na odsutnost s posla zbog više sile.