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Care related policies and laws

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This database comprises the existing care legislation contained in the constitutional charters and other legislative instruments at the national and sub-national level of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Public care policies are designed to guarantee the daily physical and emotional well-being of  people with some level of dependence. They are meant to structure the social organization of care work and establish the right to be cared for accordingly.

The laws compiled in this database refer to: maternity leave for caring and breastfeeding, paternal and parental leave for caring for dependents of different age groups; facilitating the access and establishing extra-home care services; anti-discriminatory employment laws for mothers and fathers; social security in the event of maternity as well as access to preventive and curative medical childcare; legislation on promoting responsible motherhood and fatherhood; legislation on shared responsibility for families and the community; implementation of mechanisms and the provision of care regarding the social integration of persons with disabilities; monetary transfers to caregivers, and constitutional rights for unpaid care providers.

This digital repository of care laws of the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean contains information on more than two hundred legislative bodies from 36 countries in the region.

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  • 2018
    Saint Lucia

    Child (Care, Protection and Adoption) Act

    The purposes of this Act are to provide for the care and protection of a child from abuse and neglect; to provide for the adoption of a child in Saint Lucia in a way that promotes the well-being and the best interest of the child throughout his or her life, and supports efficient and accountable practice in the delivery of an adoption service, amongst others. 
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  • 2006
    Saint Lucia

    Labour Act, 2006 (No. 37 of 2006)

    Maternity is one of the circumstances protected under these regulations. Protections include: prohibition against discrimination on grounds of pregnancy (art. 285), marital status (art. 286); establishes the rights of pregnant employees such as maternity leave and right of return (art. 287). Establishes duration of maternity leave to 6 weeks before confinement and at least 6 weeks after confinement (art. 288).
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  • 2003
    Saint Lucia

    National Insurance Regulations

    Maternity allowance shall be paid for a period of three months starting with the month preceding the month of expected confinement. The rate of maternity benefits shall be sixty five percent of the average insurable earnings of the ten months immediately preceding the month before the month of expected confinement. Maternity grant is $600.
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