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      With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

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      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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Definition of family leave

Right to leave for family reasons, which may or may not be shared between the parents.

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  • Family-leave without consequences for the academic career (FI)

    … have been absent due to maternity, paternity and parental leave. The policy was included in the Human Resources … The practice also improves the reconciliation of work and family life for all workers on temporary contracts, but in … workers had not received a contract extension due to family leave. The present policy ensures staff members are …

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    Finland
    Topics
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • Measures for a family-friendly firm

    … and a child-related time bonus is given for parents for leave for the first school day. Employees can take up to 30 … activities as part of a team that implements the ‘family friendly enterprise’ certificate and related … commitment to implementing the provision under the ‘family friendly enterprise’ certification. Overall the focus …

    Country
    Slovenia
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Parental-leave policies

    … Parental-leave conditions may help or hinder gender equality The … rates, coupled with the decline of the male breadwinner family model, have unsettled traditional gender work roles … entitlement, an individual transferable entitlement or a family entitlement. The latter means that a family can decide …

  • Reconciliation of professional activity and personal/family life (PT)

    … the reconciliation of professional activity and personal/family life. The initiative exempts professors who have taken parental leave (at least 100 days) from teaching duties, with the … aims to facilitate women and men to balance their job and family life, as well as encouraging parents (women and men) …

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    Portugal
    Topics
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • EIGE presents the results of the report on reconciliation of work, private and family life

    … conference “ Mechanisms for reconciling professional and family roles for women and men as a chance to actively … of the  report on reconciliation of work, private and family life  prepared in close cooperation with the Polish … at EU level concerning maternity, paternity and parental leave, institutional care arrangements for children and …

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    20 Oct 2011, 9:15 EEST - 21 Oct 2011, 15:00 EEST Europe/Athens
  • Productivity and wellbeing through family audit

    … In brief The Family Audit Certification was initiated in 2008 by the Italian Province of Trento through its Agency for Family, Birth and Youth Policies. The regional project … i.e. type of contract, average age, care needs, absence, leave, career progression, flexibility, turnover, training …

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    Italy
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Trade unions play their role in the family alliance

    … In brief The campaign “Managing reconciliation of work and family” is a DGB trade union awareness raising and … a partner project of the company programme ‘Success Factor Family’ – with a focus on changing union and company culture … organisation’s members. Key topics covered were parental leave, childcare, care and men; Family-conscious working …

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    Germany
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Teaching-free period when returning from parental leave (DK)

    … implementation of internal guidelines regarding parental leave, SDU initiated two specific measurers: 1) while away on parental leave, the researchers are offered continuously academic … guidelines have helped establishing a supportive work-family culture within the organisation and providing more …

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    Denmark
    Topics
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • Contest for family-friendly firms

    … publications have organised a competition to find the family-friendliest firm in the country, and since 2009 the … its action plan to improve the reconciliation of work and family life (2011-2015). The competition raises awareness of … whether the company promotes fathers’ use of parental leave. The company also gets a chance to report on their …

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    Estonia
    Topics
    • Employment
  • EIGE presents the results of the report on reconciliation of work, private and family life

    … 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 …

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    • Employment
  • Reconciliation of Work and Family Life as a Condition of Equal Participation in the Labour Market: Main findings

    … focus on the topic of the reconciliation of work and family life as a condition of equal participation in the … at EU level concerning maternity, paternity and parental leave. They further presents the latest available sex … area F: Women and the Economy, Reconciliation of Work and Family Life as a Condition of Equal Participation in the …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
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  • Work–Life Balance innovation at Deutsche Telekom AG

    … to integrate into its rules of governance the 2012 Family Care Leave Act ( Familienpflegezeitgesetz , FPfZG), and the first … guarantee balance in terms of both gender equality and family and professional life. Projects and initiatives might …

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    Germany
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    • Digital agenda
    • Employment
  • Extensive parental and maternity policy (UK)

    … with the University's policy on Shared Parental Leave to ensure that employees are fully aware of the options available to them and their family. This gender-sensitive approach is reflected in a … staff planning or returning from maternity or parental leave. The comprehensive university policy covers Maternity …

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    Non EU countries
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    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • Hands-on fathers make better employees

    … company in Denmark, has since 2002 had a generous leave policy for parents – but few fathers took up the leave. … there is in general a strong focus on balancing work, family and private lives. The policy context regarding … parental leave in order to promote a balance between work, family and private life for its employees. In particular the …

    Country
    Denmark
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Step 5: Carefully measure progress

    … engagement in the company. The uptake of parental leave by fathers is not primarily the result of availability … which provides advice on how to coordinate career and family. Not many companies collect data measuring issues such … clearly defined work-life balance measures, while being a “family friendly” employer are the pillars of success of this …

    Topics
    • Digital agenda
    • Employment
  • Domain 2 – Structure and organisation

    … like any other work organisation, need to balance work and family life. The domain also assesses the availability of family-friendly measures, such as limitations to working hours and sitting schedules, family leave options and procedures for substitution/proxy voting.   …

  • The differing impacts of work-life balance on women and men during the pandemic

    … on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the work and family responsibilities of women and men differently at the … by the Italian Minister of Equal Opportunities and Family and the Council of Europe in Rome on 12 April 2022. … My husband’s company did not offer him generous paternity leave, and my company did not offer me flexibility in my …

    Topics
    • Employment
    • Health
  • Parenthood measure – National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (FR)

    … both mothers and fathers, before and after their parental leave. The objective is to support employees, improve … work-life balance, and encourage fathers to take parental leave (which remains under-used in France). The measure is …

    Country
    France
    Topics
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • ‘Career Restart’ – Masaryk University Grant Agency, Brno (CZ)

    … returning after a career break (e.g. after parental leave) and assist their reintegration into research teams. … academics in Czechia, especially due to long parental leave and a lack of affordable childcare for children under …

    Country
    Czechia
    Topics
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • How to attract women to the workplace and keep them there?

    … flexible working hours, remote or part-time working and a ‘family room’. A number of activities are organised to ensure employees of either gender who are on parental leave can stay in the company, and to make their return to … continents worldwide, and employs more than 7000 people. A family-owned Austrian company with its head office in Vienna, …

    Country
    Austria
    Topics
    • Digital agenda
    • Employment

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