Centre-based child care

non-profit stop-over centre permit

non-profit stop-over centre

child care [ baby-sitting | child minding | children's home | crèche | day nursery | kindergarten | nursery ]

Childcare Network | European Commission Network on Childcare

custody

custody [ child custody | right of child custody | right of custody of children ]

educator | early childhood educator | child care worker

child custody | child access orders | child access

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 52016IP0203 - EN - European Parliament resolution of 28 April 2016 on women domestic workers and carers in the EU (2015/2094(INI)) // P8_TA(2016)0203 // Women domestic workers and carers in the EU // European Parliament resolution of 28 April 2016 on women domestic workers and carers in the EU (2015/2094(INI))

whereas ‘care’ means work carried out in public or private institutions or in a private household or households to provide personal care for children, elderly, ill or disabled people; whereas care work can be performed by professional carers who may be employed by public or private entities or families or be self-employed, and/or it can also be performed by non-professional carers, who are usually family members.

Considers it essential to combat precarious and undeclared work, given that this phenomenon severely affects domestic workers, including particularly migrant women workers, thus worsening their already vulnerable position; stresses the importance of eradicating and prosecuting such practices, including child labour; in this regard, supports tackling the precarious situation of domestic workers and carers within the framework of the European platform against undeclared work; recalls that undeclared work deprives them of social security cover and has a negative impact on their working conditions in terms of health and safety; expects, ...[+++]therefore, that the European platform against undeclared work will prevent and discourage undeclared work, as the undeclared economy threatens job security, affects the quality of care and working conditions for many undeclared carers, puts the sustainability of the social welfare system at risk and reduces tax income for states’ coffers.

27. Draws attention to the fact that, despite the EU funding available, some Member States have made budget cuts that are affecting the availability, quality and costs of childcare services, with the subsequent negative impact on reconciling family and working life, which particularly affects women; calls on the Commission to monitor the attainment of the Barcelona objectives and to continue to support Member States in creating high- quality and affordable childcare with reasonable hours of attendance and to successively develop new targets in the field of childcare structures; emphasises in this connection the importance of increasing ...[+++] the availability, quality and accessibility of affordable nursing and care services for children, the elderly and persons requiring special care, including assistance to dependants and ensuring that the availability of such services is compatible with full-time working hours for both women and men; notes that more comprehensive day care and nursery facilities depend not only on the necessary public policies, but also on incentives to employers to offer such solutions;