The government of Kosovo is planning to cut maternity leave from 12 to 9 months. Minister for Labor and Social Welfare Arban Abrashi said that an agreement has been reached to cut down maternity leave and change the format of leave pay. According to the plan, the government will provide leave payment for the first half of the leave and the other half will be covered by the employers. Minister Abrashi said the change of the current law was implemented as a result of analysis carried out by the World Bank.