The employees with reduced working hours will have the same rights as the employees with full hours of work. These will not be limited in rights when their length of service, insurance period and leave are calculated. Parliament voted in the first reading a bill to amend and supplement the Labor Code on July 6, IPN reports.

Under the bill, the employer, at the request of pregnant women, employees who takes care of children younger than ten, with disabilities or are under guardianship, or who look after a sick member of the family is obliged to transfer these under part-time regime. The less favorable treatment of salary earners who work part-time compared with those who work full-time is not permitted.

The document bans involving pregnant women, those who gave birth recently and those who breastfeed in works under the ground and in any other activities that pose threats to their health and security and can have repercussions for the pregnancy or breastfeeding. If it is proven that the work provided by these poses threats to their security and health and can have repercussions for the pregnancy or breastfeeding, the employer is obliged to take measures to exclude such risks.

If the working conditions for the given persons cannot be modified for different objective reasons, these are offered another job and their average salary at the previous job is maintained. Also, the pregnant women, the women who gave birth recently and those who breastfeed will not be given night shifts.