… partners of self-employed workers, also in the case of maternity: they are granted a maternity allowance and a leave of at least 14 weeks. At the EU level, this is the …
… working arrangements and a larger uptake of parental leave benefits by fathers. Additionally, part-time employment … provide and encourage greater parity between paternity and maternityleave, and to support mothers with a more rapid … mechanisms, in particular appropriate periods of maternity, paternity and parental leave, to be standardised …
… Policies aimed at promoting reconciliation include leave arrangements, flexible working-time arrangements, the … 6 Member States have achieved both targets. Parental and maternityleave The Directive on Parental Leave gives each … gender-equal distribution of care work within families. Maternityleave is regulated at EU level by the 1992 …