If the federal government can appoint three or more but not all members of the board, the 30% (then 50%) quota applies to newly appointed members only. In the public service, targeted shares of male and female staff at the different levels of management have to be set out in a gender equality plan (the Gleichstellungsplan) that also describes the concrete measures for achieving those aims and for better reconciling work and family life. In Germany, parental leave provisions grant each parent the right to resume, during the child’s first three years, their previous working hours.