… at a price for some more than others. On average, platform workers face a higher risk of economic instability and … in platform work to gain income while women aged 25 and older are more likely than men to engage in platform work in … create corresponding social protection in which platform workers can be included and benefit from. Address the legal …
… for disadvantaged groups of women, including younger and older women, single parents with dependent children, and … people. For instance, women and men with disabilities and older women and men reported higher unmet need for medical … another fact, women are over-represented among frontline workers who faced extreme risks and pressure. Therefore, they …
… relationship between work and well-being among young and older persons; occupational healthcare for employees with … teams; new technologies to support ageing workers; new work-life-balance-models and flexible working … at work - future directions; the labour market of elderly workers. …
… power, but in a majority of those caring for children and older people. They are left out of entire sectors of the … In the EU, women make up about three quarters of part-time workers. They choose this type of work in order to be able to … do this type of work. Yet during the Covid crisis, these workers were rarely eligible for government support like …
… but it’s been harder for some than for others. Healthcare workers, lone parents, older people, migrant workers, delivery drivers, artists, tour operators and …
… men, doctors, nurses, carers, scientists, teachers, shop workers, cleaners…I don’t need to go on. Overwhelmingly, we … obvious: we need carers to raise children, to take care of older people and those with disabilities, and those who are … sick. During the pandemic, carers were declared essential workers and we clapped for them nightly as they risked their …
… Let’s start with the obvious. The rights of domestic workers and the quality of their jobs are gender equality … in the EU. Please remember that the vast majority of these workers are women. That means a very large chunk of the EU’s … no longer be able to provide free-of charge care for their older relatives in the home. Instead, the state would have to …
… as priority was given to healthcare and residential care workers – both groups mostly composed of women. At the time … 60), infections in women far outnumber those among men; at older ages, infection is more common in men. The highest … 33 % of men were hospitalised. For those aged 80 years or older, the rate of hospitalisation reached 31 % for women and …
… Several population groups, such as lone parents, older people, migrants and people with disabilities, and … is more frequently mentioned by people aged 65 years or older than by the general population (40 % of women and 34 % … as a result of being over-represented among essential workers and frontline workers. Eurostat data shows that women …
… since 2014. The gender gap among people aged 16 years or older was 925 purchasing power standard (PPS) [2] in 2019, … The proportions of women and men aged 15 years or older in formal or non-formal education and training remained … Although an overwhelming majority of EU healthcare workers are women, men dominate leadership positions in the …
… that men account for 55 % of COVID-19-related deaths. Older men, men with NCDs and those in essential and … in some frontline professions. Vulnerable workers, such as migrant women or women in precarious jobs, … COVID-19 as an occupational disease would help ensure that workers have adequate social protection while dealing with …
… population health, such as a gender gap in the health of older people, is more evident in gender-unequal countries … According to EU-OSHA (2019), three out of every five workers in the EU report musculoskeletal complaints, with … address the growing need for health and social care among older people in an ageing population, the EU has implemented …