EU Politics News - theParliament.com
Plans to increase maternity leave and introduce paternity leave provisions will help women achieve a better work-life balance and "indirectly" increase female participation in higher positions, according to Edite Estrela.
The Socialist MEP's report, proposing to increase minimum maternity leave to 20 weeks with six weeks at full pay, was adopted by parliament's women's rights and gender equality committee on Thursday.
The report also called on member states to provide for a minimum of two weeks paternity leave, a central measure for Estrela, who is the vice chair of the women's rights committee.
Thursday 16 April 2009
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