Results of the 2005 EOWA annual survey of reporting organisations on the provision of paid paternity leave.

What policies and practices do working men and women consider would make a positive difference, in terms of helping them to find a better balance between these two spheres? The object of this paper is to shed light on what employees want by pulling together research data on employee preferences in regard to work-family benefits...

This e-Brief reviews the development of paid and unpaid maternity leave, the various international instruments concerning maternity leave and canvasses some of the arguments for and against such leave.