5th Annual Seminar 2008 Louvain-la-Neuve

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Programme:

5th UCL Campus, Louvain-la-Neuve (13-14 October 2008) International LP&R seminar (PDF)

Presentations:

A life course approach to leave policies - The Belgian case as example (PDF)
Amandine Masuy, Fellow researcher FNRS, PhD student in Sociology UCL/KUL

Articulating Work and Family in Belgium : a Gendered Use of Institutional Measures (PDF)
Bernard Fusulier, Université catholique de Louvain

The EC Directive on Parental Leave (PDF)
Bernard Fusulier, University of Louvain

Are career break leaves a solution for the time squeeze? Time use comparisons of men and women with a different work load (PDF)
Jessie Vandeweyer, Department of Sociology, Research Group TOR

Reconciliation. Current legal framework and plans to amend leave arrangements in the Commission’s work programme DG ‘Employment, Social Affairs, & Equal Opportunities’, Equality, Action against Discrimination: Legal Questions (PDF)
Petra Schott

Higher parental benefit as an incentive to fertility increase ? (PDF)
Jirina Kocourková, Department of Demography and geodemography, Faculty of Science, Charles University

The Politics of Parental Leave in Australia (PDF)
Marian Baird, Women? Work Research Group, University of Sydney

Legislative Provisions for the Combination of Work and Care in South Africa (PDF)
Lisa Dancaster: University of Kwa-Zulu Natal

2008 Amsterdam

Expert Workshop: Diversity and Leave Arrangements, 14-15 July 2008, Amsterdam

In July 2008 Professor dr. Saskia Keuzenkamp, together with dr. Fred Deven and Prof. Peter Moss, Coordinators of Leave Policies & Research Network convened an expert workshop in Amsterdam.

This Expert workshop studied the relationship between (the specific contents of) leave policies and diversity, including these issues:

What differences are there in take up of leaves between different groups of workers, like between women from different ethnic groups, or women who are working in different professions or sectors, or women with differences in household status (like single parents)?
How can these differences be explained, focussing especially on the possible influences of the conditions of the policies that define who is and who is not entitled to take leave?
How does the payment of the leaves work out for the take up rate in different groups of workers? To what extent do these conditions reinforce the gender gap in the division of labour?
Are there differences in the eligibility and take up of leaves between leave policies for parents and leave policies to take care of other dependents? Which groups of workers are better of?

Presentations:

Parental Leave Seminar (PDF)
Tine Rostgaard

Take-up of leave and part-time work by women from different ethnic groups in the Netherlands (PDF)
Saskia Keuzenkamp & Hanne Groenendijk

German Leave Reforms: Acknowledging Diversity? (PDF)

Dimensions of diversity (PDF)
Peter Moss

Diversity in the provision of parental leave: the case of the Netherlands (PDF)
Chantal Remery & Janneke Plantenga

Compatibility between work and family for all? Parental leave use among Swedish-born and foreign-born parents (PDF)
Ann-Zofie Duvander

Fathers and Parental Leave Policies: International comparisons (PDF)
Margaret O’Brien

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2008 Workshop Amsterdam

Expert Workshop: Diversity and Leave Arrangements, 14-15 July 2008, Amsterdam

In July 2008 Professor dr. Saskia Keuzenkamp, together with dr. Fred Deven and Prof. Peter Moss, Coordinators of Leave Policies & Research Network convened an expert workshop in Amsterdam.

This Expert workshop studied the relationship between (the specific contents of) leave policies and diversity, including these issues:

What differences are there in take up of leaves between different groups of workers, like between women from different ethnic groups, or women who are working in different professions or sectors, or women with differences in household status (like single parents)?
How can these differences be explained, focussing especially on the possible influences of the conditions of the policies that define who is and who is not entitled to take leave?
How does the payment of the leaves work out for the take up rate in different groups of workers? To what extent do these conditions reinforce the gender gap in the division of labour?
Are there differences in the eligibility and take up of leaves between leave policies for parents and leave policies to take care of other dependents? Which groups of workers are better of?