Mothers in Europe have reason to cheer, according to Human Capital Magazine [20-week stop work order for mothers]. The European Union is looking to extend maternity leave from the current minimum of 14 weeks to 20 weeks on full pay.
But not every country in the EU is supportive of the increase - UK conservative MEP Marina Yannakoudakis called it “well-intentioned but completely out-of-step with reality and warned that it would “lead to further indirect discrimination against women in the workplace”.
The director general of BusinessEurope, Philippe de Buck, agreed, saying the proposal threatened to “increase the complexity of hiring women”.
One proponent of the measure, Danish MEP Britta Thomsen, however, said the measure would encourage women to have more children – at a time of when an ageing population and low birth rates plague Europe.
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