Money management is one of the many crucial life
lessons that parents must pass on to their children. As Wim Mijs, Chief
Executive of the European Banking Federation, said last year, no one can replace the
parents as the main guide for children learning how to deal with money. With this
in mind, let’s assume the important role of families in teaching a skill that
will be vital at all stages of life.
2/10/2016
Parents’ contribution to the European public consultation on ‘challenges of work-life balance’
The European Commission
launched a public consultation on a roadmap on ‘possible action to address the
challenges of work-life balance faced by working parents and caregivers’. The
roadmap openly declares that “the main reason behind the initiative is to
address the low participation of women in the labour market by modernising and
adapting the current EU legal and policy framework to today's labour market”.
On behalf of European parents, EPA as a registered lobby organisation
contributed to the public consultation emphasising that issues of
reconciliation parents are facing are much broader than measures pushing women
to participate at the labour market. First of all, it is important for us to
demand the use of another phrase ‘work-life balance’ as it suggests that work
is not part of life while it is.
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