Family benefits

América Latina: Maternidad e informalidad laboral

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El Liberal (30.09.2019)  A partir del nacimiento del primer hijo, las mujeres reducen su participación laboral, sus horas trabajadas y por ende caen sus ingresos respecto del momento previo al embarazo.

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latin america
Global challenges
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Family benefits
Maternity
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EU lawmakers give green light to strengthening parents and carers’ rights

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euractiv.com (05.04.2019) The European Parliament backed on Thursday (4 April) the work-life balance directive, which introduces a set of minimum standards to help reconcile work and family responsibilities for parents and carers in Europe, and thus improve gender equality. 

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Europe
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Suisse: Congé paternité - le Conseil national opte pour les deux semaines

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Le Temps (12.09.2019) Le modèle du congé parental, entré trop tardivement dans le débat en commission, n’a pas fait le poids face au congé paternité. Le Conseil national opte pour une solution minimaliste, rejetant aussi l’initiative de Travail.Suisse

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switzerland
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Family benefits
Parental leave
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Maroc: Les allocations familiales accordées par la CNSS passent à 300 dirhams

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yabiladi (30.08.2019) Le conseil de gouvernement, réuni jeudi à Rabat sous la présidence du chef du gouvernement, Saadeddine El Othmani, a adopté le projet de décret n° 2.19.750 modifiant le décret n°2.08.358 publié le 9 juillet 2008, établissant le montant d’allocation familiale accordée par la Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale (CNSS).

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morocco
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Australia: Fighting the gender pay gap key found in giving fathers paid parental leave

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The Sidney Morning Herald (22.08.2019) Australian academics are looking to Iceland when it comes to ways to increase the proportion of fathers who take paternity leave. Asdís Arnalds, from the faculty of social work at the University of Iceland, will give the keynote address at the Australian National University on Thursday about how her country has doubled the proportion of fathers who take paternity leave from 40 per cent to 80 per cent since it was extended from six months to nine months.

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australia
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Family benefits
Parental leave
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UK: Fewer than third of new fathers take paternity leave, research suggests

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independent. (08.07.2019) Less than one in three new fathers take paternity leave, a study has found. Research suggests roughly a third (31 per cent) of eligible new fathers used paternity leave in the last year compared to 32 per cent the previous year.

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united kingdom
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Family benefits
Parental leave
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