… is what we observed from the outside. The share of the load was indeed better distributed. Now that we are out of … Sweden and Belgium more men than women perceive facing work-life tensions nearly every day. If we look at cooking … hand in hand with lower employment opportunities, reduced work hours and lower income. And this cost is much higher for …
… are never in isolation – life just doesn’t work like that. Childcare sits alongside other demands like … grocery shopping, the cleaning, the laundry, an important work project, then taking care of home-schooling and then … to address these issues and hopefully help lighten the load for everyone with an action plan for affordable early …
… University Belfast (QUB) (UK), all Schools have return to work policies, which are funded by the Schools and, where … return from maternity leave, or a greatly reduced teaching load. This policy began in Science, Engineering and … impacts on others, and that they have time to readjust to work on their return and focus on research activities without …
… Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) focus to recognise work undertaken in arts, humanities, social sciences, … University Belfast (QUB), all Schools have return to work policies, which are funded by the Schools and where … return from maternity leave, or a greatly reduced teaching load. This policy also extends to female and male staff …
… 1957, we’ve been signed up to the principle that equal work of equal value should be paid the same, regardless of … less than men because they hold less senior positions, work in fields with lower pay, and spend significantly more … pay gap. In the home, men will need to share the care load more equally so women can have equal opportunities at …
… pandemic, with 7.7 million women unable to take up paid work because they were taking care of children and ageing parents. Although this unpaid care work doesn’t show up in governments’ balance sheets, it has … home. During the pandemic, men took on more of the care load than usual, which is a good sign. To make sure this …
… how we can bring more gender equality into the domestic work sector. Let’s start with the obvious. The rights of … were women. Because the official data is clear: domestic work is predominantly done by women. The same is true of … that retired men should be taking on some of care load, or that the state should be providing more support. …
… allow more flexibility in where and when people work. Flexible working arrangements typically relate to how much, when and where employees can work (Eurofound, 2017b; Laundon and Williams, 2018). This … in time and place is typically assumed to allow work to fit better around home and family responsibilities …
… Supporting work-life balance for parents returning to work In Queens University Belfast (QUB), all Schools have … second child. I also benefitted from a reduced teaching load on return from maternity leave. Both these initiatives …