In order to help employees with young children reconcile work and family life, the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche has set up a new programme in Germany called ‘Das Elternplus’ (The Parents’ Plus). Going forward Roche will provide financial support to parents who decide to work part-time for at least 12 months during the first four years of their child's life. They will receive a one-off bonus of between €10,000 and €15,000. This offer also applies if only one parent is employed by Roche in Germany.
In Germany, balancing work and family life is still difficult for females and motherhood leads many to temporarily interrupt their careers. The Federal Statistical Office (Statitisches Bundesamt) notes a clear difference between working mothers and fathers. While only a minority of working fathers (6.9%) with children under the age of six work part-time, almost 73% of mothers are opting for part-time work and only 27.4% of them are working full time. ‘Part-time work is the rule among working mo
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