AD welcomes maternity leave proposals

Alternattiva Demokratika said today that it welcomed a proposal by EU Employment Commissioner Vladimír Špidla for an EU directive to increase maternity leave from the current 14 weeks to 18 weeks in all the countries of the EU. Arnold Cassola,...

Alternattiva Demokratika said today that it welcomed a proposal by EU Employment Commissioner Vladimír Špidla for an EU directive to increase maternity leave from the current 14 weeks to 18 weeks in all the countries of the EU.

Arnold Cassola, Alternattiva Demokratika chairman, said such an increase in maternity leave had also been proposed in the AD electoral programme.

Mary Anne Zammit, AD spokesman on health and social protection said that longer maternity leave would have positive effects on children and their development, by allowing them to spend more quality time with their parents. Also, women would be given the opportunity to remain in active employment by keeping their jobs and careers and involving themselves in every aspect of society.

"AD believes in family friendly measures through which work-life balance and people's quality of life is improved. The next budget should give improtance to such measures," she said.

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