[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:en-mw\u002Fwork-in-malawi\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffamily-responsibilities":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":8,"meta_description":9,"seo_title":10,"path":11,"content_type":12,"locale":13,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":14,"page_created_at":15,"published_at":14,"edit_url":16,"breadcrumbs":17,"seo":28,"rendered":37,"description":38,"body":39,"body_blocks":40,"call_to_action":41,"owner":48,"authors":56,"show_related_pages":58,"related_pages":59,"related_sites":129,"in_subsite":58,"contact_page_url":7,"banner_message":130},429,"family-responsibilities","Family Responsibilities",null,"","Learn about Malawi’s labour laws on family responsibilities, including paternity and parental leave. Know your rights and protections.","Labour Laws Malawi: Family Responsibilities","\u002Fen-mw\u002Fwork-in-malawi\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffamily-responsibilities","labourlaw.labourlawpage","en_MW","2025-07-26T11:32:45.575802+00:00","2026-04-08T10:09:00.026660+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F429\u002Fedit\u002F",[18,21,24,27],{"title":19,"slug":20},"Malawi","en-mw",{"title":22,"slug":23},"Work in Malawi","work-in-malawi",{"title":25,"slug":26},"Labour Law","labour-law",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":29,"description":9,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":20,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"Paternity Leave, Family Leave - Malawi","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fen-mw\u002Fwork-in-malawi\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffamily-responsibilities\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2025-07-26T13:32:45.575802+02:00","2026-04-08T12:09:00.273823+02:00","\u003Cdiv class=\"cobra-ll-view\">\n\n  \n\n    \n    \n  \n  \u003Ch1>Family Responsibilities\u003C\u002Fh1>\n  \u003Cspan class=\"lastupdated\">This page was last updated on:\n      2026-03-26\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n  \n\n    \n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Paternity Leave\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>Following revisions to the Employment Act of 2000 in 2021, a male employee shall be entitled to at least two weeks of paid paternity leave every three years. When an employee is on paternity leave, his benefits and rights continue uninterrupted, and his employment time is not deemed interrupted, shortened, or broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Source\u003C\u002Fstrong>: §48 of the Employment Act (No. 6 of 2000), last amended in 2021\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Parental Leave\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>No provisions on parental leave could be identified within the law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Flexible Work Option for Parents \u002F Work-Life Balance\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>No provisions on flexible work option for parents could be identified within the law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Special Leaves\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>No special leaves (compassionate, bereavement, marriage, study, care leave) are provided under any of the Malawi legislation. The Labour Relations Act, however, provides for trade union time-off and leave. As per section 37 of the Act, an officer of a trade union is entitled to a reasonable time off during working hours to carry out union activities. The trade union officers are further entitled to reasonable leave of absence for training or secondment related to union activities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n    \n\n    \n      \n    \n      \u003Cdiv class=\"regulations\">\n        \u003Ch2>Regulations on Family Responsibilities\u003C\u002Fh2>\n        \u003Cul>\n          \u003Cli>\n            Employment Act (No. 6 of 2000), last amended in 2010\n          \u003C\u002Fli>\n        \u003C\u002Ful>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \n\n    \n      \n    \n    \u003Cdiv class=\"related\">\n      \u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          _ll_maternity_URL_\n      \n          _ll_sickleave_URL_\n      \n          _ll_leave_URL_\n      \n          _CBA_FOLDER_URL_\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \n\n  \n\n    \n    \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\n  \n\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","Your rights on paternity leave and\u002For family leave in Malawi – .","\u003Cdiv>\n\n\u003Cspan>This page was last updated on:\n      2026-03-26\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Paternity Leave\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Following revisions to the Employment Act of 2000 in 2021, a male employee shall be entitled to at least two weeks of paid paternity leave every three years. When an employee is on paternity leave, his benefits and rights continue uninterrupted, and his employment time is not deemed interrupted, shortened, or broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Source\u003C\u002Fstrong>: §48 of the Employment Act (No. 6 of 2000), last amended in 2021\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Parental Leave\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>No provisions on parental leave could be identified within the law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Flexible Work Option for Parents \u002F Work-Life Balance\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>No provisions on flexible work option for parents could be identified within the law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Special Leaves\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>No special leaves (compassionate, bereavement, marriage, study, care leave) are provided under any of the Malawi legislation. The Labour Relations Act, however, provides for trade union time-off and leave. As per section 37 of the Act, an officer of a trade union is entitled to a reasonable time off during working hours to carry out union activities. 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