… of gender equality. The amount of time spent in paid work, rest and recreation, or caring for others has knock-on … a person’s life. This includes their health. The burden of unpaid care is increasingly regarded as a determinant of … women are still expected to assume a greater share of unpaid care of children, older people and people with …
… Gender inequalities in the domain of work remain entrenched (EIGE, 2020a). They are reflected in … are key pillars of gender inequalities in the world of work, with unequal distribution of care, family and other … as never before, the crucial links between paid and unpaidwork, and between the economic and health spheres. …
… allow more flexibility in where and when people work. Flexible working arrangements typically relate to how … by blurred boundaries between leisure time and unpaid care, with phenomena such as contamination (leisure … schedules, often involving a considerable amount of unpaid time spent searching for work and the need to be …
… Apart from its potential to replace human work, digitalisation offers a range of new opportunities, … suggests that there is considerable demand for outsourcing unpaid domestic work via platforms. This could support the … market is held back by their disproportionate share of unpaidwork may decide to outsource this work, often to …
… Much of the current policy debate about the future of work centres on the increased use of digital technologies and … debates about more balanced distribution of paid and unpaidwork among women and men (Howcroft and Rubery, 2018; … with potential positive outcomes for gendered division of unpaidwork. In this context, the recognition of women and …
… 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 … their existing professional networks, the burden of unpaid care or domestic responsibilities may prevent them …
… is largely determined by time pressures from both paid and unpaidwork (European Parliament, 2016). Research shows that for workers, overall time dedicated to paid work has increased, reducing the time and energy available …
… as essential to enable people to reconcile paid work and care responsibilities. This is particularly true for … still expected to shoulder a disproportionate amount of unpaid care work, including housework, care for children, and care for …
… 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 … be at increased risk of losing jobs because of additional unpaid care responsibilities resulting from closures of …