How to request the lactation permit

Spain is a country in which workers have many social rights, as is common in all developed countries. This includes the possibility of devoting full attention to our children at the time of their birth, as they need it. One of the permits most often requested by workers, due to its importance, is the lactation permit, and in this article of .com we will tell you how to do it.

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The lactation permit is a permit granted to working mothers during the 9 months following the birth of the baby. With it, the mother has the right to absent herself 1 hour from work, either independently or by reducing the working day by one hour, to dedicate it to her newborn child. It can also be requested by the father, but in the case that both work, it can only be used by one of them.

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To request it, we will have to write a letter that we will send to the Human Resources department of our company or to our boss, in which we explicitly say that we wish to enjoy said permission. We will have to include the following basic information :

• Place and date.
• Name and ID of the applicant.
• Company name.
• That the permit complies with the provisions of Article 37.4 of the Workers' Statute
• How we want to distribute the hours of the permit: reduction of one hour per day, two half hours or accumulated permission.
• Firm.

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There is no common model for requesting this permission, but as long as we include the above information, it will be correct and sufficient. In any case, online we can find some application models that can help guide us.

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Once we have delivered it in Human Resources, it should not take long to grant it to us since it is usually necessary for parents to have that time to devote to their children. In case we want a faster management, we can always consult with our immediate manager if we can be granted permission for breastfeeding.