Mateřská dovolená ve vybraných evropských zemích

The article discusses the policies concerning the institution of maternity leave in several European countries. Discussed are primarily the length and conditions of maternity leave and the amount of compensation paid through the maternity benefit. The outcome is a scale of all the countries based on a variable that combines the effects of both the amount of a monthly compensation in relation to the average income and the amount of maternity benefit paid during the whole course of maternity leave.