Preparing a Harmonized Maternity Leave for Members of the European Parliament - Legal Analysis
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20-04-2016
Upon request by the FEMM Committee, the Policy Department has examined the Member States' different national legislations for maternity or parental leave for national members of Parliament. Furthermore, the rules concerning absence and leave for Members of the European Parliament have also been explored. The overview of the European and national rules provide insights in the different ways how maternity or parental leave is regulated for members of parliament at both levels. It concludes that the provisions of the European Electoral Act prohibit presently the introduction of rules for maternity or parental leave with a possibility of temporary replacement for MEPs.
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- economic geography
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU Member State
- EUROPEAN UNION
- GEOGRAPHY
- maternity leave
- Member of Parliament
- Member of the European Parliament
- national parliament
- parental leave
- parliament
- parliamentary proceedings
- parliamentary rules of procedure
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- rules of procedure
- social protection
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- status of the person elected