Chapters

• Work-life balance in EU law
• What is work-life balance?
• Example
• Pie chart
• Obstacles to succesful work-life balance
• Why is work-life balance important?
• Why is work-life balance a question of gender (in)equality?
• Work-life balance and gender inequality (1/3)
• Work-life balance and gender inequality (2/3)
• Work-life balance and gender inequality (3/3)
• The impact of COVID-19 on work-life balance
• Work-life balance and the law
• Work-life balance and EU law
• Overview
• I) EU “soft” law (1/3)
• I) EU “soft” law (2/3)
• I) EU “soft” law (3/3)
• II) EU case-law
• The ECJ considers that
• Griesmar, 2001, Mouflin, 2001, Leone, 2010
• Lommers
• III) EU law
• Rights for working mothers under EU law
• III) EU law: the Work-life balance Directive (2019)
• 1. parental leave under EU law
• 2. Right for fathers
• 3. Carer’s leave
• 4. Flexible working arrangements
• 5. Protection against dismissal and discrimination for carers
• The transposition of the work-life balance Directive
• Conclusions: work-life balance and EU law