Parents in the Netherlands to receive at least nine weeks of paid leave Facebook Parents in the Netherlands to receive at least nine weeks of paid leave Facebook What's up In order to encourage more parents to take parental leave, the Dutch government has launched a new scheme for nine weeks of paid leave, which will be paid for by the government. Dutch government working to encourage more parents to take leave For the past few years, the government has been working to encourage more parents to take leave and to extend the parental leave available to them. Since 2019, partners have been entitled to a full week of paid parental leave, a significant increase compared to the meagre two days they received before. Since last summer, partners have also been granted an additional five weeks of leave at 70 percent pay.