Tag Archives: EU

EP calls for common parental leave rules to be enforced

Posted on 31/05/2016 by coface

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 →

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Reconciliation: a safety net for all families!

Posted on 23/02/2016 by coface

In August 2015, the Commission published a “Roadmap” for the initiative ‘A new start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’ to replace the 2008 Commission proposal to revise the Maternity Leave Directive. The objective for … Continue reading →

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The final push! One last hope to save the European Maternity Leave Directive from being scrapped

Posted on 17/04/2015 by coface

We finally have some news about the EU Maternity Leave Directive – and it’s pretty desperate. But let us quickly recap what happened until now: – the EU Maternity leave Directive was originally adopted in 1992, introducing measures to encourage improvements in … Continue reading →

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