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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

 

Survey looks at work and family life [8 February 2013]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/2012/10/EU1210011I.htm

 

Employers take family-friendly working seriously and have a range of policies to support them, according to a survey. The research looked at family-friendly working policies in companies in six European countries. It showed companies were particularly strong in areas such as flexible working and parental support. The main driver for this in most countries was compliance. The survey found the economic crisis has had little impact on family-friendly working policy provision.

 

And much more....

 

Insitute der deutschen Wirtschaft Koeln &

German Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) &

Robert Bosch Stiftung

 

EUROPEAN COMPANY SURVEY ON RECONCILIATION OF WORK AND FAMILY LIFE

http://www.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/downloads/Endfassung_Unternehmensmonitor_Familienfreundlichkeit-ENGLISCH.pdf

[full-text, 52 pages]

 

Content

Key findings: An overview........................................................................................ 6

I. Introduction............................................................................................................ 9

II. The significance of family-friendliness.................................................................... 11

III. Attitude and activity – the two dimensions of family-friendliness........................... 13

IV. The prevalence of specific family-friendly policies................................................... 16

4.1 Flexible working time and work arrangments......................................................... 16

4.2 Parental leave and parental support........................................................................ 18

4.3 Child care and care for dependants......................................................................... 21

4.4 Family services, information and advisory services.................................................. 23

V. The motives for implementing reconciliation policies............................................ 25

VI. Obstacles to the implementation of family-friendly policies.................................... 28

VII. Rules and regulations relating to work-family reconiliation policies....................... 30

VIII. The impact of the economic crisis............................................................................ 32

IX. Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 34

X. Fact sheets............................................................................................................... 36

 

 

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