… women continue to be under-represented in senior roles, paid less than men and disproportionately subject to sexual … underpins the unequal way women and men are treated at work. While overt sexism is prohibited under EU law, many … value of gender equality. Further reading Sexism at work: How can we stop it? Handbook for the EU institutions …
… inequalities in the labour market. The bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, and this hinders their access to employment. The paid care sector has a large share of women employees who are … usually make it more convenient for women to opt out of paid employment and care for their families, compared to men. …
… of care recipients, but even more for caregivers. Caring (paid or unpaid) for an old person takes a considerable toll … could help to decrease the disproportionate amount of care work for which women are responsible and thereby reduce … most of whom (76 %) are women. They bear heavy workloads, work long shifts (including nights and weekends) and …
… and sectoral segregation, part-time or temporary work, gender stereotypes and norms, difficulties in … underpaid and undervalued. Both women and men are well paid in ICT but the gender pay gap persists Attracting women to well-paid ICT and STEM jobs is seen as an important policy tool to …
… allow more flexibility in where and when people work. Flexible working arrangements typically relate to how … burden of household work, despite also being in paidwork (see Chapter 5, ‘Domain of time’). The rest of this … generally more common among women who work in higher paid jobs or who have non-standard contracts (EIGE, 2018d). …
… two closely related processes: increased flexibility of work and the emergence of new forms of work. Increases in … care responsibilities (primarily taken on by women) with paid employment, and because it can encompass those who … favourable working conditions: they are relatively well paid, require less work during atypical working hours, and …
… Much of the current policy debate about the future of work centres on the increased use of digital technologies and … 2017, p. 7). This does not, however, mean that women are paid equally to men in these jobs. The fact that women have, … patterns of automation (Rubery, 2018). Firstly, the low-paid nature of certain female-dominated occupations (e.g. …
… digital skills open opportunities for access to well-paid jobs for which there is significant demand in the … skills) necessary to thrive in the digitalised world of work. This is particularly evident among older people (aged … between Gender Equality Index scores (domain of work, subdomain of participation, domain of money) and the …
… of life, is largely determined by time pressures from both paid and unpaid work (European Parliament, 2016). Research shows that for workers, overall time dedicated to paidwork has increased, reducing the time and energy …
… acknowledged as essential to enable people to reconcile paidwork and care responsibilities. This is particularly true for … more likely than men to report difficulties in combining paidwork and care responsibilities [7] , which has clear …
… includes women’s and men’s mean monthly earnings from work and mean equivalised net income (from pensions, … benefits and any other source in addition to earnings from paidwork). The subdomain of economic resources captures women’s …
… Gender equality in the world of work is advancing at a slow pace in the EU in both the short … (Figure 4). On average, the Index score for the domain of work [1] has grown by about 0.2 points per year, reaching … care workers in health services. Another example of a low-paid, female-dominated occupation that became essential …