… their diversity, are free to pursue their chosen path of life, have equal opportunities to thrive and equally … ensuring a broad protection from discrimination. The work-life balance directive [12] champions gender equality and … and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate; ensure …
… they enabled their participation in different everyday life activities [1] . The respondents, women and men alike, … or the one cared for. Access to palliative care or end-of-life care is also very uneven across the EU. Because … payments, and ‘impoverishing health spending’, in which a household either falls below the poverty line as a result of …
… behaviour recommended for all ages and in stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy and post partum. The … is the only Member State without a gender gap. Throughout life (16–75+ years), gender gaps in physical activity remain … of ongoing physical and cognitive development during this life stage (WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2020a). HBSC …
… Authors’ calculation, Eurofound, European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), 2016. The burden of unpaid care work is … showing that highly skilled employed women often outsource household chores to cut their time spending this much time on …
… you sow, so shall you reap: Gender-role attitudes and late-life cognition. Psychological Science, 28(9), 1201-1213. … Child maltreatment is mediating long-term consequences of household dysfunction in a population representative sample. … health of single parents: New Zealand evidence from a household panel survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric …
… has knock-on effects on many other aspects of a person’s life. This includes their health. The burden of unpaid care … et al., 2017). As discussed in Section 9.1., work–life conflicts affect mental health. Although more women than … Member States to complete the transposition of the Work–life Balance Directive [1] by August 2022 (European …
… will increase, given the ageing population and increasing life expectancy across the EU (EIGE, 2020e; Iancu and Iancu, … health conditions through sensors, monitoring daily life activities (e.g. social and physical activities), … stereotypically considered women’s natural role within the household, not valued as ‘work’), as well as cutbacks in …
… the employer’s premises can help to facilitate better work–life balance. Workers report shorter commuting times, greater … time, better productivity and improved overall work–life balance (Eurofound and ILO, 2017). There is evidence … presumably to accommodate their disproportionate burden of household work, despite also being in paid work (see …
… ensure full participation of people in social and working life. The internet has been of paramount importance in … usually due to work schedules, caring responsibilities and household duties. Although women aged 25–64 are more likely …
… to COVID-19, the fear of infection, unpredictability, work–life balance struggles due to closures of schools and … (Parmar et al., 2016). However, women’s struggle with work–life balance may have been aggravated by the unbalanced …
… since 2010. Given that incomes are typically measured at household level, assuming equal sharing of resources within … costs representing more than 40 % of the total disposable household income (12 % of women, compared with 9 % of men). … facing higher risks of poverty throughout their entire life course. The higher risk of poverty goes hand in hand …
… closed doors: Older couples and the gendered management of household money. Social Policy and Society, 12 (1), 163-174. … A., Merkaš, M., and Šverko, I. (2011). Quality of life and leisure activities: How do leisure activities … T. (2010). Effective work‐life balance support for various household structures. Human Resource Management, 49 (2), …
… representation. In 2019, the adoption of the Work–Life Balance Directive for parents and carers showed strong … will to facilitate better distribution of care and household work between women and men. Among the provisions … such as the transposition and implementation of the Work–Life Balance Directive, greater investment in quality care …
… distribution of care and other responsibilities within the household (EIGE, 2020a). A disproportionate amount of caring … appropriate transposition and implementation of the Work–Life Balance Directive [3] supporting provision of quality …