Constitutional Court of Italy: Intended mothers have right to paternity leave
(ANSA) – ROME, JUL 21 – Italy’s Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that the both members of a lesbian couple have the right to time off after the birth of a child, not just the biological mother.
The ruling regarded an issue raised by the Brescia Court of Appeal on the refusal of paternity leave – 10 days off work at full pay – to the so-called ‘intended mother’ in a sex-same couple.
The Constitutional Court ruled that it was illegitimate not to grant paternity leave to a female worker who was a non-biological intended parent.
Paternity leave had been denied because both women had been registered as mothers in the civil register. (ANSA).
See also: https://www.equalitylaw.eu/downloads/6358-italy-extension-of-compulsory-leave-to-two-women-couples
International and Comparative SOGIESC Law - Professor Andreas R Ziegler 