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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10240

21 October 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/women
Longer maternity and paternity leave brings controversy

Brussels, 20/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - The time is coming when new mothers in the European Union will enjoy minimum maternity leave of 20 weeks on full salary and fathers will have two weeks' paternity leave. In Strasbourg on Wednesday 20 October, the European Parliament voted on legislative proposals seeking to review the European directives on the health and safety of expectant workers. The outcome of the vote was 390 for, 192 against, with 59 abstentions. The ball is now in the court of...

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