(KUNA) -- The European Parliament voted Wednesday in favour of extending the minimum maternity leave from 14 to 20 weeks.
| "Yeah, go ahead. We got lotsa money. We'll cover you!" |
| An investment in future babies which would pay off, were the society in question a great deal more child friendly. Unfortunately it isn't, except for the colonizing Mohammedans. And given how many of them are already on the dole, maternity leave really isn't an influencing factor -- nor paternity leave either. So no worries about having to pay out much on this new commitment. |
| It's a cheap way to demonstrate their solidarity with socialism, especially cheap when it's someone else's money ... |
Workers on maternity leave must be paid their full salary, which must be 100% of their last monthly salary or their average monthly salary, stated the EP resolution adopted by 390 votes in favour and 192 against. The resolution also wants EU member states to give fathers the right to fully paid paternity leave of at least two weeks within the period of maternity leave. The resolution bans the dismissal of pregnant workers from the beginning of a pregnancy to at least 6 months following the end of the maternity leave.
"Mothers' rights are a key priority for the European Commission. If we want to move towards gender equality in the work place, we must find the right balance between concrete rights for mothers and the current economic realities facing businesses in the EU," Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights ? said after the vote held in Strasbourg.
The resolution will now go before the EU Council of Ministers for discussion and approval. |