Childcare Network | European Commission Network on Childcare

custody

child care service provider [ child care provider ]

Canadian National Child Care Study: where are the children? An overview of child care arrangements in Canada [ Canadian National Child Care Study ]

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

European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children

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

child custody assessment [ child custody and access assessment ]

European Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children

child protection [ child abuse | child soldier | ill-treated child | moral protection of children ]

Access to social services - Almost 4 in 10 children in the EU receive formal childcare services - 7 out of 10 EU households with one or more children are satisfied with the access to these services // Brussels, 19 February 2018

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.