Becoming and being parents
The UFZ Family Support Office offers employees advisory services on combining caring work and paid work. Find out more about maternity leave, parental leave, returning to work and childcare on this page.
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Here you will find advice on what to keep in mind before and after the birth and who to contact if you have any questions: FAQsThe Personnel Service within the department People and Culture calculates the maternity leave period based on your proof of the expected date of birth (e.g. maternity records). No. The application is submitted to your health insurance company by the team Personnel Service of the department People and Culture. Acknowledgment of paternity can be declared at the responsible youth welfare office, but also at a notary or to the registration office. The declaration can also be made before birth. In principle, you can apply for child benefit from the day your child is born. The application can already be submitted before birth, but only becomes effective when the birth certificate is submitted subsequently. Use your city's parent portal when searching for a childcare place for your child. Upon registration, you will receive a reference number or child ID, which you will need for admission to a daycare center. Related liks |
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The aim of maternity protection law is to ensure the best possible health protection for pregnant and breastfeeding persons and their children. This is to enable a self-determined decision about paid work. Questions concerning the workplace are also answered by the company medical team of the UFZ . FAQsIn cooperation with your organizational unit, the staff unit Work Safety and Environmental Protection (ASU) will carry out a risk assessment for your activity in accordance with MuSchArbV. If you work in the laboratory, you might be banned from entering the laboratory. Exceptions can be approved if you as the expectant person and your child are not endangered by hazardous substances (toxic, carcinogenic, etc.). This requires a written declaration from your line manager to ASU. Contact person ASU: Frank Täschner If the previous workplace cannot be redesigned in accordance with the legal requirements, another suitable workplace needs to be offered to you. If this is not possible, the UFZ has to release you partially or completely from work for you own protection and the protection of your child. Therefore the company medical team and the ASU staff cooperate. In case the risk cannot be conclusively assessed, it might also be that you are not allowed to work during that time. FAQsThe Personnel Service of the department People and Culture calculates the maternity leave period based on your proof of the expected date of birth (e.g. maternity records). No. The application is submitted to your health insurance company by the Personnel Service of the department People and Culture. |
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Parental leave is a break from paid work for parents who care for and raise their children themselves. You can apply for parental leave for a total of 36 months. You can use up to 24 months of unused parental leave between the third and eighth year of your child's life. For parental leave up to the third year of your child's life, an application period of seven weeks must be taken into account, from the third year of life 13 weeks. |
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If you wish, think about keeping in touch during parental leave and plan your re-entry according to your individual needs and discuss this with your line manager. Before parental leave Discuss with your line manager:
On this website you will find further information on maternity protection and parental leave. During parental leave If you wish, you are welcome to use the opportunity to stay in contact with the UFZ/your team during your parental leave. Before your return, a re-entry interview with your line manager offers the opportunity to discuss the following topics:
Your re-entry For your re-entry, the following options can be considered:
On this website you can find information about the offers of the UFZ, which may support your re-entry. |
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The UFZ cooperates with external childcare facilities in Leipzig and Halle to provide places for children of employees. Children from the age of 12 months, in individual cases also younger children, can be admitted there. The costs of childcare are borne by the parents themselves. Employees with shorter employment contracts and guests are also welcome to contact the Family Support Office for advice on finding childcare options. Cooperation kindergartensThe daycare center "Weinberg" operated by the Studentenwerk Halle is located in the immediate vicinity of the campus and can be easily reached on foot from the UFZ Halle. As soon as your child is born, you can fill out the
Childcare application form (Intranet)
for further placement. Parent-child officeThe UFZ Leipzig and Halle offer a special office to use if you bring your child to work. These offices are equipped with a PC workstation and telephone as well as baby-changing, play and sleeping facilities for children. In Leipzig, the parent-child room with the following equipment is located in the basement of building 1.3, room 021.
Registration and keys The registration takes place via the
UFZ room booking system.
Parent-child office with KidsBox at the UFZ Halle To enable you to look after your children at the UFZ Halle and also to carry out important work, room E03 on the first floor has been converted so that it is available both for medical and physiotherapeutic examinations and as a parent-child office.
Registration is possible via the
UFZ room booking system
. FAQsThe registration of UFZ children is possible via the Family Support Office of the UFZ. From there, contact is made with the daycare center. Our contact person there allocates the places according to capacity. Please keep in mind that we cannot guarantee a place for UFZ children. Please contact the UFZ Family Support Office as soon as possible after the birth of your child. You can also use the Registration form for day care (Intranet). |
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Children of UFZ employees have the option to attend a summer holiday camp. Further information 
The school holiday camp was launched in 2012 as a cooperation between UFZ and Amöba - Verein für Umweltbildung e.V. Application form School Holiday Camp 2022 in the Science Park Leipzig
In the summer of 2022, we are planning the Helmholtz Association's third nationwide Helmholtz Holiday Camp. The camp for children aged 8 - 14 years will take place from July 31 to August 05, 2022 (Sunday arrival day) on the premises of the JUFA Hotel Jülich in the Brückenkopfpark. |