[1] The idea is to help manage work-life balance and benefits of FWA can include reduced employee stress and increased overall job satisfaction.
[3] FWA also has the ability to encourage men to play a care-giving role as they have equal access to the program.
It is argued this is due to female-dominated workplaces having low-paying roles and unfavourable working conditions.
-FWA is important as it is attributed as a variable to help close the Gender pay gap and can assist in maintaining a women's labour market position after giving birth.
-Further research is being conducted by the European Commission (2017), which seeks to identify why an employer may reject a request for a FWA.