… and personal commitments, especially when they have to care for young children, older relatives or family members … and whether they help or hinder work-life balance. Parental leave will also be scrutinised. Are mothers and …
… more likely to choose part-time work to reconcile work and care responsibilities. The price to pay is high: in the EU, … that are less valued and lower paid, such as education or care work. At the same time, women are less likely to be in … Balance for Parents and Carers aims to improve access to parental leave and flexible working, as well as increase the …
… for both women and men? Encouraging men’s participation in care responsibilities requires conscious effort and the … also change over time. A programme to support employees on parental leave may not immediately appeal to some younger …
… gender-equality engagement in the company. The uptake of parental leave by fathers is not primarily the result of … role models to encourage other future fathers to take up parental leave. In AON (Ireland) men are encouraged to share home responsibilities through equal access to parental leave, home working, and flexible working …
… the ICT sector Initiatives motivating fathers to take up parental leave Childcare (flexibility, providers and partnerships) Care for the elderly (flexibility, providers, and …
… costs resulting from an inability to combine work and care responsibilities, for example high staff turnover and … carers. These measures include maternity, paternity and parental leave, breastfeeding initiatives, childcare support … to work’ days, and join public–private partnerships for care services. Companies seek certification for these …
… leave, flexible working arrangements and access to care services. Women and men shall have equal access to special leaves of absence in order to fulfil their care responsibilities and be encouraged to use them in a … to affordable early childhood education and good quality care. Children have the right to protection from poverty. …
… gaps persist in the labour market and distribution of care responsibilities. Women remain the main carers for … working lives are more likely to be affected by the care needs of dependants. This is evident in their higher take-up of parental leave and part-time working, and higher inactivity …
… children including providing compensation for periods of parental leave, reduced working hours following parental leave and children’s playrooms in all of its … generous parental leave and its well-developed public day-care services, education, health and infrastructure, …
… participation of women. Policy instruments, such as child-care services and incentives for employers to support … hours for parents — mothers and fathers coming back from parental leave are free to decide the day of their return to … they work full or part-time during the three years’ parental leave. Company daycare — Prezi opened a kindergarten …
… organised to ensure employees of either gender who are on parental leave can stay in the company, and to make their … in payment. According to Austrian legislation, parental leave is between two months and two years, and can … to take an unpaid leave or work part-time in order to care for a disabled or elderly relative or a child with a …
… to integrate into its rules of governance the 2012 Family Care Leave Act ( Familienpflegezeitgesetz , FPfZG), and the … adult relative or small child. In 2015, Germany introduced Parental Allowance Plus, providing options for flexible leave … either parent returns to work part-time during a period of parental leave; of if both parents return simultaneously and …
… women remain the default carers in Irish society: family care work is unequally shared between women (70%) and men … Irish households spent the most time each day (29%) on care for household members. Related to the historical role of … the absence of high-quality state-provided residential care facilities for elderly people means that female family …
… Danish society. Other problems include the skewed use of parental leave, the overrepresentation of men in leadership … private companies) tend to offer shorter periods of parental leave, especially for fathers, distorting any … in technological knowledge and reasons why they should care. They are already digital consumers but need …
… women’s employment — especially the lack of childcare and care for older family members — and raised the issue of the … positions. It stressed the need to develop new family care services and models of education and training for women …
… school calendars. A measure that supports family-related care leave is the possibility for proxy voting, i.e. allowing MPs who are absent due to their care responsibilities to delegate their voting power to a …
… and communications technology (ICT) and health or personal care. Gender segregation poses challenges for these … our ageing society will put more and more pressure on the care sector. There are big gender imbalances and a serious …