Press Statement Don’t make parents bear the brunt of bringing forward the Christmas break

Jörg Hofmann: “Bringing forward the Christmas break must not be carried out at the expense of parents. Once again, they are expected to shoulder the burden of what is required for infection control and socially necessary. IG Metall therefore calls on employers and policymakers to act together: Give parents paid time off on these days—at least now! These are the same parents who, right at the start of the pandemic, had to cope with the closure of daycare centers and schools by using vacation days, drawing down their working-time accounts, and forgoing pay. It was primarily parents who had to completely reorganize their daily work routines, whether at the workplace or while working from home. This is an enormous burden—especially for single parents.”

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