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Improving Work-Life Balance through Better Parental Leave

Summary

This report evaluates EU parental leave implementation and calls for stronger measures to promote gender equality and work-life balance. It highlights the need for increased father participation and better financial support.
10 12.05.2016
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woman
family
social policy
equal treatment
employment and working conditions

Key points

  • The report assesses how EU Member States implement current parental leave regulations.
  • It identifies a major gender imbalance, noting that men take significantly less parental leave than women.
  • There is a recommendation to increase the minimum duration of parental leave from four months to at least six months.
  • The Parliament calls for an urgent new directive to ensure a minimum of two weeks of paternity leave.
Documents (PDFs)
REPORT on the application of Council Directive 2010/18/EU of 8 March 2010 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC Framework Agreement on parental leave
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