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The European Parliament listens to families in Europe and votes in favour of the Work-Life Balance report!

Posted on 13/09/2016 by coface

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 →

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Are families ready for digital changes? – COFACE at the OECD Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy

Posted on 30/06/2016 by coface

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 →

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How the digital revolution changes the way we work, produce and consume

Posted on 10/03/2016 by coface

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 →

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Women domestic workers and carers & Parental Leave Directive reports

Posted on 10/03/2016 by coface

By Paola Panzeri During the month of February two important reports, on Women domestic workers and carers in the EU (2015/2094(INI)) and on the application of Parental Leave Directive (2015/2097(INI)) were approved respectively in the FEMM (women’s rights and gender … 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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Lessons from the crisis and its impact on families

Posted on 06/05/2014 by coface

All of the speakers agreed: the current crisis has hit women and children hardest, and not knowing when it will end adds extra pressure on families, who have already great difficulties coping with the effect of cuts to services and … Continue reading →

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‘Families in the Crisis’ conference in Athens

Posted on 25/04/2014 by coface

29 April, “Families in the Crisis – Finding work-life balance in difficult economic context” conference. Next week we are in Athens, to bring key European policy makers, researchers, family organisations and other stakeholders together to take stock on how the … Continue reading →

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