Pursuant to Article 172 (1) Employed women shall be granted pregnancy and maternity leave:
(1) 140 days (70 days for pregnancy leave, 70 days for maternity leave);
(2) 155 days (70 days for pregnancy leave, 85 days for maternity leave) in case of hard delivery;
(3) 180 days (70 days for pregnancy leave, 110 days for maternity leave) in case of simultaneous delivery of more than one child.
These types of leave shall be calculated in total and granted to the woman in full length.
In case of early delivery, unused days of pregnancy leave shall be added to the days of maternity leave.
The awareness is implemented in the framework of the “Influencing the Women’s Rights Agenda” project by the Armenian Young Lawyers Association.
