The family support team offers individual advice on all questions relating to parental leave. Whether application deadlines, parental allowance regulations or return-to-work planning - we support you with practical information and personal discussions.
The program is specifically designed to enable parents at KIT to achieve the best possible balance between family and academic or professional career. Start this special time well prepared. Contact us for an information meeting - we will be happy to help you.
Information for parents-to-be
When a child is expected, this raises many questions for parents-to-be. You can find answers and information in the brochures "Leitfaden zum Mutterschutz" and "Elterngeld, ElterngeldPlus und Elternzeit" from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. You can also find a summary of the regulations that apply specifically to our employees in the "Career and family" brochure from the Personnel Service (PSE).
Responsible offices
- Notification of pregnancy: Personnel Service (PSE)
- Maternity protection periods / maternity pay: health insurance companies, in case of changes also Personnel Service
- Protection regulations: Personnel Service (PSE), the personnel officer responsible for you, the Safety and Environment Service Unit, the company doctor, the responsible radiation protection officers
- Parental allowance:
- Baden-Württemberg: L-Bank (Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg), application for parental allowance
- Rhineland-Palatinate: State Youth Welfare Office
- Parental allowance calculator
- Parental leave: Personnel Service (PSE)
- Child benefit:
- Family Benefits Office of the Federal Employment Agency, application for child benefit
Further information
- Guide to maternity protection
- Guide to maternity protection from arbeitsrechte.de
- Information on parental allowance - Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
- Information on parental leave - Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
- Insights into everyday life at KIT - Fathers on parental leave
- Parental leave - legal regulations and information on duration, division, parental allowance and leave