CABEZA PEREIRO, JAIME / FERNANDEZ, MARTA
Crisis and policies of cost containment, public and private, hinderstrategies of reconciling work and private life. However, the European Commission documents insist on defending the importance of the topicof reconciliation from the perspective of employment and integrationof excluded people into the labor market.The fight against discrimination of workers with familyresponsibilities requires establishing conditions for them to facetheir professional challenges with reliability. Quality publicservices for children and adults, adaptation of working time to family needs and public benefits to ensure access to parental leave are keyissues that reconciliation policies can not ignore.This book analyzes the International, European and Comparative Law ofreconciliation policies and assesses concrete experiences of someMember States of the European Union -the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Bulgaria-, the Nordic States -Norway- and the United States ofAmerica. With so plural approach there are many political andregulatory proposals which can orientate the decisions in this field.
