Directorate of Labour
Submission of the annual report on the exercise of rights
6th July 2022
The Directorate of Labour has now for the first time produced a report on the exercise of rights under the law on parental leave no. 144/2020.
The Institute was assisted by the Ph.D. Ásdís Aðalbjörg Arnalds, project manager at the Social Sciences Institute of the University of Iceland in accordance with the cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Social Affairs and the labour market, the Directorate of Labour and the University of Iceland.
Gudmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, received the annual report at the maternity and childcare fund’s office in Hvammstangi on Thursday 30 June.
The pictures are taken from the left by Þórdís Helga Benediktsdóttir, director of the Maternity Leave Fund, Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, Leó Örn Þorleifsson, director of the department of rights, and Unnur Sverrisdóttir, director of the Directorate of Labour.