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At IFFD, we dream of discovering together the beauty of family life to inspire a more humane world …  READ MORE

The inaugural Global Forum for Children and Youth (7–9 December 2021) has virtually convened children and young people together with leaders from the United Nations, government, business, [...]

The impact of domestic and family violence extends to workplaces and has a negative impact on employee well-being, workplace health and safety and workforce productivity. [Champions of Change [...]

Employers who support paternity breaks and promote flexible working are likely to stand out in a competitive labour market. [Emma Jacobs – Financial Times, 5 December 2021.] READ MORE

This report describes the employment and working time developments in the EU through the first year of the crisis and examines how they differed by sector and occupation. It explores the [...]

With the rise of smart technology and throw in a pandemic, we have increasingly seen work encroach on home territory and this has drastically changed the way we work, rest and play. Whilst the [...]

The United States is the only wealthy country in the world without a national program for paid parental leave. [Joe Pinsker – The Atlantic, 9 November 2021.] READ MORE

Work-life balance is supposed to mean both grow, rather than sacrificing one for the other. It can seem unattainable, especially if you’re adding it to an already robust to-do list, but it can be [...]

Using a national survey that followed Canadian workers, the authors find that work-life conflict decreased among those with no children at home. In contrast, for those with children at home, the [...]

Shared Parental Leave policies always seem more controversial when they fail to get effective take-up from fathers. But Nordic countries such as Sweden and Norway have successfully implemented [...]