… has led to a proliferation of so-called "platform work" whereby workers use online platforms (e.g. Uber, Wolt, … contribute to gender equality through enabling a better work-life balance. For example, allowing people with … responsibilities, who are predominantly women, to fit work in around school hours, potentially increasing their …
… get in your car or take public transport. Then you’re at work and you get things done over an 8-9 hour period – or … a perspective of safety, switching off public lighting at night could put women’s safety in jeopardy. Solutions are not …
… are never in isolation – life just doesn’t work like that. Childcare sits alongside other demands like … grocery shopping, the cleaning, the laundry, an important work project, then taking care of home-schooling and then … University graduate. By day, they work at a salon, by night, at a bar. They scrape whatever time they have in …
… (EIGE) shows that artificial intelligence and platform work (also called gig work), have the potential to improve gender equality in the … this flexibility is limited practice, with many working at night, at the weekend, and at hours they cannot choose. …
… Carlien Scheele delivered this speech at the “Remote Work: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities" conference on the future of work, organised by the 2021 Portuguese Presidency of the … the temptation to keep email exchanges going well into the night. That is not good for work-life balance or mental …
… the power of legal texts to improve people’s lives. In her work for EIGE, Kasia always made sure to highlight how much … those around her. The same passion she had for her work, she had for life after the office shut its doors. She …
… conditions are often very demanding. Heavy workloads, night shifts and low pay characterise their work. These factors will not attract more people to a sector … the EU. But we must also recognise the value of care work by increasing wages and improving working conditions. …