Social Benefits in Case of Temporary Incapacity for Work due to Pregnancy and Maternity

The goal of this thesis is to compare family policy approach of selected EU member states which are the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden and the Czech Republic. In the first part I put family policy in historical context and define tools by which can be family policy provided. Than I analyse subelements of social systems, tax benefit tools and providing child-care institutions. I compare who is eligible for support, how long can draw support and how high is the support relative to average wage in that state. As long as parent is taking care of child, state is loosing money from income tax and social security contributions. At the end I summarise family policy of all selected states and make some reccomendation for the Czech Republic