Under new regulations which will include not only public sector workers, as is currently the case, but also those in the private sector, both parents will be able to apply for breastfeeding leave, although not concurrently if both are working.
Breastfeeding leave
The European Union Court of Justice in Luxembourg has declared that working fathers in Spain are entitled to take ‘breastfeeding leave’ everyday, even if the mother of the child is not employed, declaring that the current Spanish law caused an ‘unjustified discrimination on grounds of sex’ because fathers do not have the same rights as mothers.