… children - showing that the financial cost of having a family falls heavily on women’s shoulders. These findings are … are using flexible work arrangements to juggle work and family life but this is rarely the case for men. Our report … for Parents and Carers aims to improve access to parental leave and flexible working, as well as increase the take up …
… are designed to minimise conflict between work and family responsibilities and to encourage women’s … reproduction. The 1996 EU Directive on Parental Leave is a reconciliation policy that has been established in … the impact of the policy. For example, where paternity leave is transferable, or poorly paid, the take-up is low. …
… conference “Mechanisms for reconciling professional and family roles for women and men as a chance to actively … area F: Women and the Economy Reconciliation of Work and Family Life as a Condition of Equal Participation in the … at EU level concerning maternity, paternity and parental leave, institutional care arrangements for children and …