{"id":6863,"date":"2015-05-08T12:53:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T10:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=6863"},"modified":"2015-05-08T12:53:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T10:53:54","slug":"time-to-deliver-the-maternity-leave-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=6863","title":{"rendered":"Time to Deliver the Maternity Leave Directive!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 4\u00a0years ago, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?type=TA&amp;reference=P7-TA-2010-0373&amp;language=EN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maternity Leave Directive<\/a> was successfully adopted by the European Parliament in first reading. It was then blocked in the Council with the excuse that the timing wasn\u2019t right, due to the economic crisis. The European Commission threatened to withdraw the Directive in 2014 in the name of \u2018red tape\u2019, AS IF it wasn\u2019t relevant anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Following the vote on 06 May 2015 on the Maternity Leave Directive, the <a title=\"EWL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.womenlobby.org\/spip.php?article7187&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Women\u2019s Lobby<\/a> invites you to make your voice heard to make sure that the Maternity Directive is back on the European political agenda by signing the <a title=\"Petition to sign!\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/nSPiUEckCk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petition<\/a> now!<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To read the European Parliament FEMM Committee&#8217;s press release, click <a title=\"FEMM PR\" href=\"http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/news-room\/content\/20150506IPR51219\/html\/Maternity-leave-the-final-push\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>To see the Video \u201cMaternity leave: the final push\u201d, click <a title=\"YouTube video\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/I2_r5Bv4sko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 4\u00a0years ago, the Maternity Leave Directive was successfully&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-othernews"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4422,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=4422","url_meta":{"origin":6863,"position":0},"title":"IMCO votes in favour of trialogue agreement on Directive 2005\/36\/EC","author":"efn efn","date":"July 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Following on the trialogue agreement, on 12 June, on the revised Directive on Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Directive 2005\/36\/EC), and on COREPER formal approval of the text, on 27 June, today\u2019s vote of the European Parliament Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, with an overwhelming majority - 37 votes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Latest News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4301,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=4301","url_meta":{"origin":6863,"position":1},"title":"MODERNISED DIRECTIVE 2005\/36\/EC \u2013 A POLICY WINDOW OPPORTUNITY!","author":"efn efn","date":"June 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Established in 1971 when the Directive on Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications was designed, the EFN, 42 years later, pushed for modernizing the Directive in such a way that the new EU legislative text empowers nurses in the future healthcare systems. 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