The International Network on Leave Policies and Research is pleased to announce that the 20th International Review of Leave Policies is now available online – https://www.leavenetwork.org/annual-review-reports/review-2024/ As usual, it is free to view and download online.
The 2024 edition of the review covers 51 countries, with the addition of Vietnam. As well as most countries in the Americas and Europe, the review covers Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Russia and South Africa. For each country, there is a detailed country note covering different types of leave and flexible working; take-up of leave; the relationship between leave and early childhood services; and changes – both actual and discussed – over the last year. There are also a number of cross-national tables, enabling comparisons between countries in the review; the format of these tables has been revised this year, to make them more user-friendly.
The 20th International Review is also accompanied by open-source Excel data for 2023 and 2024, making it easier for researchers and others to reuse the data.
Ivana Dobrotić, Sonja Blum, Gayle Kaufman, Alison Koslowski, Peter Moss and Marie Valentova
(the annual review editorial team)