This directive gives force of law to the agreement signed by the European social partners (UEAPME, BusinessEurope, CEEP for employers and ETUC for unions) on June 18, 2009, revising their former interprofessional agreement on parental leave, itself included in directive 96/34 (see our dispatch No. 090651). This new text, which repeals and replaces Directive 96/34, must be transposed by March 8, 2012. If necessary, the Member States may, if they are faced with particular problems or in case of transposition via collective agreements, get a maximum of an additional year for the deadline.
new text, which repeals and replaces Directive 96/34, must be transposed by March 8, 2012. If necessary, the Member States may, if they are faced with particular problems or in case of transposition via collective agreements, get a maximum of an additional year for the deadline.
Improved parental leave. The directive grants parental leave of at least four months – instead of three – until the child is eight. Out of concern for equal treatment between men and women, the text excludes, on princip
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