… of some work and social protections (e.g. parental leave) for gender equality. The rest of this section briefly … and illnesses, old-age and disability benefits, and maternity and paternity benefits (Eurofound, 2018d; European … half of self-employed women aged 15–49 were entitled to maternity benefits. EIGE’s study on eligibility for parental …
… half of all self-employed mothers may not be entitled to maternity benefits in the EU, and access to parental leave is also limited for the self-employed in a number of … high-quality care provision and well-paid care-related leave available to all. Broader consequences of …
… Parental-leave conditions may help or hinder gender equality The … to a range of types of leave, the most common being maternityleave, paternity leave, parental leave and leave to … who are ill (Blum, Koslowski, Macht, & Moss, 2018). Maternityleave is mostly understood as a health-and-welfare …
… and central University resources. The policies cover the maternity period and the immediate return to work period. … policies aim to ensure that mothers-to-be can take their maternityleave without worrying about how their leave impacts on …
… reproduction. The 1996 EU Directive on Parental Leave is a reconciliation policy that has been established in … this issue to some degree, but great disparity remains. Maternityleave is a period of time taken off work by an … and/or the social partners. This leave is separate from maternityleave for mothers and from paternity leave for …