… adequate pay and safe working conditions for textile workers, addressing issues such as sexual harassment in the … criteria will have benefits for the health and safety of workers, many of whom are low-paid women. On the other hand, …
… In the EU, women make up about three quarters of part-time workers. They choose this type of work in order to be able to … do this type of work. Yet during the Covid crisis, these workers were rarely eligible for government support like … benefit. This is despite the fact that many of these workers are on part-time contracts so that they can do their …
… risking skills loss EIGE interviewed almost 5,000 platform workers to understand who they are, why they do platform … at the weekend, and at hours they cannot choose. Platform workers can also be observed using time-tracking software, … legislation to improve the working conditions of platform workers should help bring more of them into formal …
… but it’s been harder for some than for others. Healthcare workers, lone parents, older people, migrant workers, delivery drivers, artists, tour operators and …
… pandemic. What we can clearly see is that our healthcare workers, on the frontline of this coronavirus pandemic, have … because they make up the majority (76 %) of healthcare workers in the EU. Although both women and men working in … because they make up the majority (76 %) of healthcare workers in the EU. The formal care sector comes with its …
… men, doctors, nurses, carers, scientists, teachers, shop workers, cleaners…I don’t need to go on. Overwhelmingly, we … sick. During the pandemic, carers were declared essential workers and we clapped for them nightly as they risked their … on the frontlines of our lives and of the pandemic, care workers are some of the lowest paid people in the EU. Their …
… Let’s start with the obvious. The rights of domestic workers and the quality of their jobs are gender equality … in the EU. Please remember that the vast majority of these workers are women. That means a very large chunk of the EU’s … paid people are women. Working conditions of domestic workers are also often poor, with some facing abuse and …
… by persistent horizontal segregation, whereby workers in particular sectors are predominantly women or men. According to 2020 data, only four in ten workers in the EU are employed in a gender-balanced sector, …
… stress and may lead to burnout and depressive symptoms. Workers suffering from prolonged stress can simultaneously … effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of workers, especially those deemed ‘essential workers’, are likely to be profound and are analysed in …
… as priority was given to healthcare and residential care workers – both groups mostly composed of women. At the time … teleworking has not been equally accessible to all workers. Key gender differences exist between those who are … and banks. Women are over-represented among essential workers. Eurostat data shows that women account for 88 % of …