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Budapest, February 26, 2010

« A trio for gender equality 2010-2011 » - International conference challenges and tools of work/life balance in Europe in a gender equality perspective. Budapest, February 26, 2010. Challenges at the European level.

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Budapest, February 26, 2010

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  1. « A trio for genderequality 2010-2011 » - International conferencechallenges and tools of work/life balance in Europe in a gender equality perspective www.pourlasolidarite.eu Budapest, February 26, 2010

  2. Challenges at the Europeanlevel • « Demographic bomb »: low birth rates and ageing of the population as a challenge for social security shemes • Low participation of women to the labour market • Diversification of family structures: lone parents, traditional families, same sex families, couples living apart together, precarity of couples,.. • Increasing awareness of the qualitative, social and environmental dimensions of economic growth www.pourlasolidarite.eu

  3. Work/life balance objectives “The possibility of reconciling professional life and private life depends both on modern work organisation (combining flexibility and security, taking account of gender) and on the availability of accessible and affordable quality services.(1) “ • Growth and competitiveness • Improvement of the quality of life and social cohesion • Gender equality (1) Report from the Commission on Equality between women and men — 2008 www.pourlasolidarite.eu

  4. Tools: EU legislation and social dialogue • 1993 Directive on working time • the minimum daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours per period of 24 hours; • an average weekly working period of not more than 48 hours, including the overtime for each seven-day period.,… But « opting out clause »! • 1997 Directive on part-time working • Proposal for a directive on maternity leave In her second draft report, Mrs Estrela proposes that maternity leave be extended from 14 to 20 weeks. The  worker would be paid 100% of her salary for the first six first weeks of the leave period, and not less than 85% for the rest. The rapporteur also wants to introduce new provisions on paid paternity leave. The committee vote is scheduled for 23 February 2010 and the plenary vote for the March II session in Brussels. • Political agreement for a directive on the framework agreement concluded by the EU social partners on parental leave - Increase from minumum 3 months to minimum 4 months with 1 month mandatorily non transferable • Part-time workers, fixed-term contracts workers and temporaly workers are explicitely included in the scope of the agreement But: Remuneration remains at the discretion of MS as well as continuity of entitlement to social security rights

  5. Tools: Human ressources management • Flexible time schedules • Systems allowing workers to recover overtime • Measures allowing the annualisation of the working time • Working weeks of four days • Saving time accounts But also: children care provisions (for babies under the school age, for sick children, holidays trainings…), provision of services (sharpening, washing, shopping,…), extra-legal financial advantages, gender equality policies  All those systems are more or less interesting for workers depending on the way and the spirit according to which they are developped www.pourlasolidarite.eu

  6. Tools:SSIGotherpolicies • Social Services of General Interest: care services for children, aged and/or disable people (+) • Social time policies: opening hours of medical, cultural, or sport services, after-school care services, adaptation of the school holidays calendar, etc. (+) • Technology of information and communication (+/-) • Mobility solutions: decentralized offices, car sharing,… (+) • combat stereotypes linked to gender and cultural origin (+) • Family solidarity (-) www.pourlasolidarite.eu

  7. Thank you! www.pourlasolidarite.eu

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