In October 2008, the European Commission proposed a review of Directive 92/85 on the protection of the health and safety at work of pregnant workers as well as workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, notably by extending maternity leave from 14 weeks in the current directive to 18. in early 2010, the European Parliament’s Women’s Rights Committee decided to go further by adopting the report introduced by Edite Estrela which provides for 20 weeks of 100% paid maternity leave. This measure led to protest, so the MEP ordered an impact assessment on this additional extension. This study, which will officially be presented on October 5th, analyzes the consequences of maternity leave paid 100% for 18 or 20 weeks for “the employees, employers, government budgets and society as a whole in ten member states:” Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
The European Parliament’s Women’s Rights Committee published, on Wednesday, September 22nd, while the first reading report on the review of Directive 92/85 on the protection of pregnant women presented by socialist MEP Edite Estrela should be voted by the Parliament in October, a study carried out by a private firm analyzes the costs and benefits of the measures recommended in this report, including the extension of maternity leave from 14 to 20 weeks instead of 18 as provided for in the draft directive, and the principle of 100% compensation. (Ref. 100647)
In October 2008, the European Commission proposed a review of Directive 92/85 on the protection of the health and safety at work of pregnant workers as well as workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, notably by extending maternity leave from 14 weeks in the current directive to 18.
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