Council Directive 92/85/EEC contains measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding and establishes the right to maternity leave for the duration of 14 weeks and guarantees protection against dismissal during the period from the beginning of pregnancy to the end of the maternity leave.
Direktiva Vijeća 92/85/EEZ sadržava mjere za poticanje poboljšanja sigurnosti i zdravlja na radu trudnih radnica te radnica koje su nedavno rodile ili doje i njome se utvrđuje pravo na rodiljni dopust u trajanju od 14 tjedana i jamči zaštita od otkaza u razdoblju od početka trudnoće do kraja rodiljnog dopusta.