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Author Archives: coface
The European Parliament listens to families in Europe and votes in favour of the Work-Life Balance report!
Today, 13 September 2016, the European Parliament voted, in Strasbourg the resolution “Creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance” (by 443 votes in favour, 123 against and 100 abstention. COFACE – Families Europe welcomes this vote because it represents … Continue reading
Vote yes to strengthen Work-Life balance opportunities for Europe’s families – Joint Statement
On 13th September 2016, the European Parliament will be called on to vote the report 2016/2017(INI) “Creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance”. We are 11 networks of NGOs and Local Authorities and since 2012 we have been working … Continue reading
Call to Action! Work-Life Balance? Ask your MEP to vote in favour of a solution-oriented report!
The European Parliament Committees on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and on Gender Equality and Women’s Rights (FEMM) jointly prepared and voted a report on “Creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance”. COFACE Families Europe has been actively involved … Continue reading
Posted in #wlbpackage, European Parliament, Family-friendly, Gender equality, Work-Life Balance, Workplace
Tagged carers' leave, EP, European Parliament, family friendly workplace, flexible working, gender equality, labour market, maternity leave, MEPs, paternity leave, report, work-life balance, workplace
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Synthesis Report “Work-life balance measures for persons of working age with dependent relatives in Europe – A study of national policies
In its 2016 Work Programme, the European Commission announced a ‘new start’ initiative on work-life balance covering both legislative and non-legislative measures. The intention is to review the EU regulatory and policy landscape in this field with a view to … Continue reading
Sharing economy? Platform economy? Rather a new form of intermediary economy
On the 29th of June, the S&D European Parliament Group held a conference on the Platform Economy entitled «European Consumer – between e-commerce models and data pricing». COFACE Families-Europe has been closely following developments in the “sharing economy” which is … Continue reading
Are families ready for digital changes? – COFACE at the OECD Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy
We were very pleased to participate in the OECD 2016 Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy: Innovation, Growth and Social Prosperity last week, to bring the family perspective and to explore new topics and challenges to better understand the impact of … Continue reading
Posted in Digital revolution, Events, Future of Work, Workplace
Tagged AR, Big Data, business models, civil society, consumers, data, data protection, digital agenda, digital economy, Digital revolution, digitalisation, families, family friendly workplace, Future of Work, Internet, IoT, jobs, OECD, OECDdigitalMX, online, privacity, security, skills, users, VR, workers
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EP calls for common parental leave rules to be enforced
Everyone, without regard to gender, should be guaranteed the right to parental leave without discrimination, regardless of the employment sector or the type of contract under which working fathers and mothers are employed. There are big differences in parental leave … Continue reading
Posted in European Parliament, Leaves, Work-Life Balance, Working parents
Tagged EU, leaves, MEPs, work-life balance, working parents
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COFACE welcomes a report on work-life balance and invites MEPs to support it
While waiting for the European Commission to analyse the responses to the public consultation and preparing a proposal for a European Reconciliation Package, the European Parliament has taken a pro-active attitude and initiated a report on “Creating labour market conditions … Continue reading
Creating Labour Market Conditions Favourable for Work-Life Balance
Following the announcement by the European Commission of a new initiative called “New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families”, the European Parliament Committees EMPL and FEMM, decided to draft jointly, an own initiative report … Continue reading
How the digital revolution changes the way we work, produce and consume
By Martin Schmalzried The sixth edition of the IMCO Working Group on the Digital Single Market focused on the topic: “Digital jobs: how the digital revolution changes the way we work, produce and consume”. It brought together a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Digital revolution, Future of Work
Tagged AI, Big Data, consumers, Digital revolution, families, flexibility, FutureOfWork, gig economy, jobs, robotics, workers, working conditions
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Reconciling Work and Family Life 