Independent Opinion of CEDAW employees during that period to reduce the burden of childcare on families. (2) The government should expeditiously increase the flexibility of the parental leave-without-pay system, including narrowing the leave units or combining other leave types (such as family care leave or creating other parental-related leave types, etc.) for flexible application, and propose specific countermeasures that take into account factors such as the rights and interests of employees and employers, the employer’s staffing arrangement, and financial sources of pay.
Recommendation 11 (1) The government should analyze regional characteristics and study supply and demand to determine how fairly and adequately public childcare services are allocated, so that future service expansion can address regional differences and increase the rate of daycare use. (2) The central competent authority should actively conduct reviews with local governments to assess whether the pricing standards and fees for quasi-public childcare services are appropriate, and to study and adjust the subsidy standards for counties and cities with less funding and where parents have less income.
Recommendation 12 The government should share the responsibility of long-term care and encourage men to participate so that no one (especially women) will be forced to leave work due to caregiving. Financial resources should be ¯46¯