Traduction de «Crédits de congé de maladie » (Français → Anglais) :

10. Member States shall ensure that any period of sick leave due to illness or complications arising out of pregnancy occurring four weeks or more before confinement does not impact on the duration of maternity leave.

By its second question, the national court essentially asks whether Community law precludes a clause in an employment contract from requiring an employee who has expressed her intention to commence her maternity leave during the six weeks preceding the expected week of childbirth, and is on sick leave with a pregnancy-related illness immediately before that date and gives birth during the period of sick leave, to bring forward the date on which her paid maternity leave commences either to the beginning of the sixth week preceding the expected week of childbirth or to the beginning of the period of sick leave, whichever is the later.

2. Article 8 of Directive 92/85 and Article 5(1) of Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions do not preclude a clause in an employment contract from requiring an employee who has expressed her intention to commence her maternity leave during the six weeks preceding the expected week of childbirth, and is on sick leave with a pregnancy-related illness immediately before that date and gives birth during the period of sick leave, to bring forward the date on which her p ...[+++]aid maternity leave commences either to the beginning of the sixth week preceding the expected week of childbirth or to the beginning of the period of sick leave, whichever is the later.

(a) hours which are paid but not worked, such as paid annual holidays, public holidays, or sick-leave;

Parental leave is accredited for sickness and pension insurance purposes, without contributions being paid, but does not count for purposes of calculating unemployment benefit periods.

'Articles 72 and 73 of the Staff Regulations, concerning sickness and accident cover, shall apply by analogy to temporary staff during the period of employment, during sick leave and during the periods of unpaid leave referred to in Articles 11 and 17 in accordance with the conditions laid down therein; Article 72 of the Staff Regulations, concerning sickness cover, shall apply by analogy to temporary staff in receipt of invalidity pension and to recipients of a survivor's pension'.