Framework agreement on parental leave concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC

Commissioner FLYNN reported to the Council on progress in implementing the Agreement on Social Policy with reference to the proposals for directives on the reconciliation of family and working life. He pointed out that the social partners at European level had concluded a preliminary agreement on the subject on 6 November 1995 and that a final agreement was to be expected around the middle of December 1995. He stated that, pursuant to the Agreement on Social Policy, the Commission intended to submit to the Council a proposal embodying the social partners’ agreement.