leave for political activities

leave on social grounds

A national system of fully-paid parental leave for Canada: policy choices, costs and funding mechanisms [ A national system of fully-paid parental leave for Canada ]

carers' leave | carer's leave

paid leave [ annual leave ]

leave without pay [ LWOP | leave of absence without pay | absence without pay | unpaid leave of absence | unpaid leave ]

leave for personal reasons [ leave of absence for personal reasons | personal leave | leave on personal grounds ]

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the value of entrepreneurship for the work-life balance of women and men, to eliminate barriers that hinder or even prevent female entrepreneurship, and to adopt a coherent framework of measures to support female labour market participation; in the aftermath of the decision to withdraw the proposal to amend the Maternity Leave Directive and in order to safeguard progress on equality policies at EU level, encourages a constructive dialogue among institutions to see how best to support and implement work-life balance policies as well as an equal distribution of family responsibilities, also by highlighting the role of men in promoting equality; reiterates that parental and paternity leave c ...[+++]an have a positive impact on female labour force participation, and encourages Member States, if they have not yet done so, to consider introducing paternity leave; calls on the Commission, by the end of 2016, to propose concrete steps, including legislative proposals, for increasing the participation of women in the labour market through measures to improve work-life balance;

In my field, we have looked at a comprehensive child care policy that includes three components. One is parental leave, which includes maternity leave and decent holidays—what's so special about a two-week summer holiday—having statutory leave so that parents can be parents, scheduling, and workplaces so that parents can be parents, services so that parents.

32.3 (1) An employee may seek nomination as a candidate in an federal, provincial or territorial election before or during the election period only if the employee has requested and obtained permission from the Commission to do so (2) An employee may, before the election period, be a candidate in a federal, provincial or territorial election only if the employee has requested and obtained permission from the Commission to do so (3) An employee may, during the election period, be a candidate in a federal, provincial or territorial election only if the employee has requested and obtained a leave of absence without pay from the Commission (4) The Commission may grant permission for the purpose of subsection (1) or (2) only if it is satisfied t ...[+++]hat the employee's ability to perform his or her duties in a politically impartial manner will not be impaired or perceived to be impaired (5) The Commission may grant leave for the purpose of subsection (3) only if it is satisfied that being a candidate during the election period will not impair or be perceived as impairing the employee's ability to perform his or her duties in a politically impartial manner (6) In deciding whether seeking nomination as, or being, a candidate will impair or be perceived as impairing the employee's ability to perform his or her duties in a politically impartial manner, the Commission may take into consideration factors such as the nature of the election, the nature of the employee's duties and the level and visibility of the employee's position (7) The Commission may make permission under subsection (4) conditional on the employee taking a leave of absence without pay for the period or any part of the period in which he or she seeks nomination as a candidate, or for the period or any part of the period in which he or she is a candidate before the election period, as the case may be (8) An employee ceases to be an employee on the day he or she is declared elected in a federal, provincial or territo ...

47. Points out that the lack of affordable, accessible and high-quality care and assistance services for people with disabilities in most Member States, and the fact that care work is not equally shared between women and men, have a direct negative impact on women’s ability to participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life; in this respect insists that special attention be paid to people, often women, caring for people with disabilities and that their commitment be taken into account in accrediting their professional experience also stresses the need to encourage Member States to recognise, in their social s ...[+++]ecurity systems and when people retire, the involvement and unpaid work of the carers, generally women, of people with disabilities; stresses that particular attention needs to be paid to these women to ensure that they receive a proper salary and retirement pension; therefore calls on the Commission to come up with a legislative proposal on carers' leave (or filial leave) that allows people to take a period of leave to take care of ill, disabled or impaired family members and/or to stay in employment when taking leave in order to care for dependant family members;