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From 1,393 to 732 births in seven years: what Parliament's new guarantees bring to parents in Ungheni

Parliament voted, in the first reading, on a package of guarantees for employees with children: paternity leave will count toward the pension record, the Labour Code gains the notion of an 'employee with family responsibilities,' and single parents can no longer be put on night shifts without written consent. A confusion to avoid: for mothers, maternity leave already counted toward their pension — the novelty concerns fathers. And in Ungheni district, where births have fallen from 1,393 to 732 in seven years, the guarantees reach ever fewer families.