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International review of leave policies and related research 2007

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Employment Relations Research Series No. 80
Author: 
Moss, Peter & Wall, Karin (Eds.)
Format: 
government document
Publication Date: 
1 Jul 2007
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Abstract:

This report presents information and research on leave policies such as maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave (or their equivalents) in 24 different countries. For each country, the report includes information on: current statutory entitlements; recent changes in leave policy and other related developments; estimates of take-up rates for the different entitlements; and an overview of relevant research and publications. It also contains a number of crosscutting articles.