… unpaid care. Differently. Because the reality is just not working out - for anyone. And it hasn’t for a while. What … in the EU, 40% of women and 21% of men spend more than 5 hours per day on providing informal childcare to their own … managers for needing to be a father in the middle of the working day. With that, we also discussed overturning …
… 40 % of women compared to 21% of men spend at least 4 hours on a typical weekday caring for young children. The … compared to 12 % of men doing housework for at least 4 hours daily. Country scores present a mixed picture Country …
… On average, women across the EU have been doing some 36 hours of unpaid care work each week during the pandemic, … to increase salaries in this sector, and to improve working conditions overall. Third, caring needs to stop being … the conditions where all staff take advantage of flexible working arrangements such as telework in a way that allows …
… that during the pandemic, women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a … Commission’s new proposal for legislation to improve the working conditions of platform workers, which would help … status would bring many more rights, such as limits to working time, a minimum wage, and paid leave. If we do it …
… pandemic, have been under unprecedented pressure, working around the clock, putting themselves and their … healthcare workers in the EU. Although both women and men working in this sector are exposed to the virus, women are … high workload, strong emotional demands, irregular workinghours, low pay and under-appreciation. Women are also heavily …
… on gender equality in Europe. From job losses and reduced workinghours to spikes in domestic violence and overwhelmed … for women reduced by 2.2 million across the EU. Women working in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic …
… in the labour market. Covid-19 led to the largest drop in workinghours in the EU-27, since 2006, even greater than the one … in the accommodation and food service sector, and those working in other services, such as entertainment and domestic …
… period. During lockdowns, European women dedicated 18.4 hours per week on cooking and housework, compared to 12.1 … mostly women - is even more difficult. They have to juggle working from home and caring for children alone. If they get … the EU population shifted to telework. The rates of people working from home were higher in households with children and …
… sectors. Healthcare workers Although both women and men working in this sector are exposed to the virus, women … the peak of the pandemic, healthcare workers faced long workinghours and reported troubles reconciling work and family life. …