The International Network on Leave Policies and Research has been
producing an annual review of leave policies and related research since 2005. The review
covers Maternity, Paternity and Parental leaves; leave to care for sick children and
other employment-related measures to support working parents; and early
childhood education and care policy.
The review is based on country notes from each participating country, prepared
by members of the network and edited by a team of network members. Each
country note follows a standard format: details of different types of leave; the
relationship between leave policy and early childhood education and care policy;
recent policy developments; information on take-up of leave.
The review also includes definitions of the main types of leave policies; and
cross-country comparisons. These comparative overviews cover: each main
type of leave; the relationship between leave and ECEC entitlements; and policy
changes and developments since the previous review. We also include a technical
appendix.
The 2023 review covers 50 countries. These are: Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America,
and Uruguay. Colombia is a new country note joining the review this year for the
first time.