… 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 first time a maternity allowance has been granted to self-employed …
… provide and encourage greater parity between paternity and maternity leave, and to support mothers with a more rapid … mechanisms, in particular appropriate periods of maternity, paternity and parental leave, to be standardised … such as minimum wages, collective bargaining rights or maternity and paternity rights, or jeopardise the …
… 6 Member States have achieved both targets. Parental and maternity leave The Directive on Parental Leave gives each … gender-equal distribution of care work within families. Maternity leave is regulated at EU level by the 1992 … package, based on the International Labour Organisation’s maternity protection convention of 2000. The Maternity Leave …