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      In October EIGE releases its annual Gender Equality Index updating on the progress of gender equality in the EU. In this year’s Index edition, EIGE also makes links between gender equality and the European Green Deal exploring how the progress in gender equality can support the green transition. This year the Index conference is extended with two webinars taking a...

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      Between women and men in the EU, there’s a greater balance of childcare. But there isn’t when it comes to the type of task according to EIGE’s latest evidence. The distribution of unpaid childcare between women and men is moving in the right direction. EIGE’s evidence from a 2022 survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities...

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      This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men – and those who do not conform to the binary gender system – are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity.

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      The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop sexism in the workplace. From recruitment to performance evaluation, EIGE’s handbook shows how organisations can ensure women and men employees feel safe, respected and fulfilled.

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      With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

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    • GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality

      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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      EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

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  • Flexible working arrangements

    … setting work-time schedules — for some The average weekly working hours of employees in the EU are on the decline as overall … career impact (Teasdale, 2013). FWAs typically refer to flexibility on how much, when and where employees can work …

  • Digitalisation and work–life balance

    … The use of mobile devices, digitalisation of working processes and online communication allow more flexibility in where and when people work. Flexible working …

  • Family-friendliness as part of a diversity culture at Bosch

    … being present in the workplace. It has developed a range of policies and awareness-raising activities on the … report and guidelines on a flexible and family-friendly working culture. The company has received certification and … has benefited both the employees and the company. Flexibility has enabled employees to experience positive …

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  • Round-the-clock childcare suits flexible workers

    … Project Børnepasning (The Childcare Project), a community of interest between trade unions, employers and businesses, … municipalities to provide childcare outside standard working times, so that parents can work flexible hours. This … opening hours in Denmark were liberalised in 2012, making flexibility a precondition for a job in retail. The project …

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    Denmark
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    • Employment
  • Step 4. Following up through the use of indicators within M&E systems

    … activities to promote work-life balance through the use of the ESF+ and ERDF, representatives of managing authorities … to support flexible work and alternative working arrangements Increased autonomy of employees to set up their own working-time arrangements Increased participation of men in …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
  • Women platform workers face challenges balancing unpaid care with work, despite so-called flexibility

    … Increasing digitalisation has led to a proliferation of so-called "platform work" whereby workers use online … tasks or services. Such platforms can be seen to offer flexibility regarding when, how much and where one works. And … work because it is often performed outside the regular working day , though more often by men than by women. As many …

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  • The differing impacts of work-life balance on women and men during the pandemic

    … Lack of adequate childcare, structural barriers, and societal … own hands. Let me put this into context. Let us say I am working at a company. I live with my husband and two small … generous paternity leave, and my company did not offer me flexibility in my working schedule. Due to these …

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  • Platform work: Has flexibility become a cover story?

    … is a significant motivator for people who have grown tired of the 9-5 rigidity and seek more diversity in their career … engage in platform work. But who truly benefits from the flexibility? And who bears the disproportionate costs of it?  … and fair platform work experience for everyone are: Extend working hour regulations and work-life balance measures …

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  • Step 5: Carefully measure progress

    … they will be measured. This is crucial because the success of work-life balance measures is dictated by a variety of … through equal access to parental leave, home working, and flexible working arrangements. Deutsche Telecom … and uptake of flexible working, by sex Uptake of part-time working or return to full-time employment, by sex …

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  • Step 1: Identify national work-life balance initiatives and partners

    … partners, shareholders and clients. Although examples of effective work-life balance measures in other companies … is indispensable: National (or regional) legislation on working time and work flexibility National (or regional) legislation regarding …

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  • Work–Life Balance innovation at Deutsche Telekom AG

    … As one of the largest corporations in Germany, Deutsche Telekom AG … and provisions like lifetime work accounts or a flexible working model contributed to policy, which reflects tangible … manager’s permission, employees whose position allows for flexibility can work from a suitable location of their …

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  • New forms of work and flexible working practices in the context of the ICT sector and platform work

    … associated with two closely related processes: increased flexibility of work and the emergence of new forms of work. Increases in … a growing proportion of the workforce adopted flexible working patterns, working ‘anytime, anywhere’ (Eurofound, …

  • Transparency drives cultural change

    … 2011 by the UK’s Government Equalities Office (GEO), part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DfCMS). It … of practices ranging from equal pay audits to flexible working hours, programmes for returning parents, mentoring, … lives. Thirty-one of the company’s 169 staff are now part-time (GEO, 2012). Nomura International plc introduced the …

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  • Better work-life balance would shrink the gender pay gap

    … couples with children - showing that the financial cost of having a family falls heavily on women’s shoulders. These … longer career breaks, and are more likely to choose part-time work to reconcile work and care responsibilities. The … aims to improve access to parental leave and flexible working, as well as increase the take up of these …

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  • Financial services designed for women, by women

    … brief The Cyprus Women's Cooperative Bank Ltd. (WCB), one of the first co-operative banks created by women in the … started its activities in January 2001 in Larnaca. At that time, some 350 business-minded women in Cyprus founded the … an all-women initiative with a strong focus on partnership working (which involves banking experts, business owners, and …

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  • Characteristics and income of platform workers with childcare responsibilities

    … Increasing digitalisation has led to a proliferation of so-called "platform work" whereby workers use online … with childcare responsibilities when compared to the adult working population (in EU countries 47% of working women and … and 36% of men with a partner and children report this flexibility as a motivational factor (compared to 31% and 27% …

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  • Connecting and disconnecting and work-life balance

    … Risks and Opportunities" conference on the future of work, organised by the 2021 Portuguese Presidency of the … homes become workplaces, unpaid work also eats into the time you’re trying to reserve for paid work. Our latest … of course whether you are able to work at all.  As our working lives move increasingly into the home through remote …

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  • Gender diversity in action at AON: Understanding the gap

    … professional services company that provides a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. The AON Centre for … 76%, respectively). There is no framework in Ireland for flexibility in working arrangements, although research has shown such …

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  • Glossary of terms

    … : Work practice that allows the employees a certain degree of freedom in deciding how the work will be done and how they … employees. Flexible work arrangements include any type of time and/or space arrangements to carry out work, such as flexi-time schemes, part-time, remote working/tele-working. Gender Equality Training (GET) : Is …

  • 2. Domain of work

    … the primary consider­ations in the debate over the future of work (European Commission, 2019). With paid work being the … men can benefit from equal access to employment and good working conditions. The sub-domain of participation combines … flexible working-time arrangements and job prospects with flexibility of work capturing the ability of both genders to …

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