… aspect of gender equality. The amount of time spent in paidwork, rest and recreation, or caring for others has knock-on effects on … a person’s life. This includes their health. The burden of unpaid care is increasingly regarded as a determinant of …
… 2020a). They are reflected in lower levels of employment and higher levels of underemployment for women, as well as in … norms, including leaving jobs or substantially reducing paidwork time to meet care needs. This has consequences for … as never before, the crucial links between paidandunpaidwork, and between the economic and health spheres. …
… The social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis threaten to roll … and that greater equality is achieved in both paidandunpaidwork. Workers in the care sector, who are mostly women …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour market, according to a … for Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequalities in the labour market. The bulk of … by women, and this hinders their access to employment. The paid care sector has a large share of women employees who are …
… linked to beliefs around the fundamental nature of women and men and the roles they should play in society. Sexist … certain sectors of the economy, primarily responsible for unpaid care work, paid less than men and disproportionately subject to …
… long-term care will increase, given the ageing population and increasing life expectancy across the EU (EIGE, 2020e; … of care recipients, but even more for caregivers. Caring (paid or unpaid) for an old person takes a considerable toll on the …
… Despite recent policy actions at EU and Member State levels, the gender pay gap persists. In … underpaid and undervalued. Both women and men are well paid in ICT but the gender pay gap persists Attracting women … The ILO (2018c) study accounts for both the paidandunpaidwork that underpins platform work: searching for …
… use of mobile devices, digitalisation of working processes and online communication allow more flexibility in where and … burden of household work, despite also being in paidwork (see Chapter 5, ‘Domain of time’). The rest of this … by blurred boundaries between leisure time andunpaid care, with phenomena such as contamination (leisure …
… closely related processes: increased flexibility of workand the emergence of new forms of work. Increases in work … is often the only option for people to combine substantial unpaid care responsibilities (primarily taken on by women) with paid employment, and because it can encompass those who …
… work centres on the increased use of digital technologies and their capacity to replace or complement workers in an … 2017, p. 7). This does not, however, mean that women are paid equally to men in these jobs. The fact that women have, … debates about more balanced distribution of paidandunpaidwork among women and men (Howcroft and Rubery, 2018; …
… become a basis for global competitiveness, boosting jobs and growth. Digital societies require digital competencies if … digital skills open opportunities for access to well-paid jobs for which there is significant demand in the … their existing professional networks, the burden of unpaid care or domestic responsibilities may prevent them …
… This is important from both a gender equality and a well-being perspective (Brajša-Žganec et al., 2011. … of life, is largely determined by time pressures from both paidandunpaidwork (European Parliament, 2016). Research shows that …
… acknowledged as essential to enable people to reconcile paidworkand care responsibilities. This is particularly true for … still expected to shoulder a disproportionate amount of unpaid care work, including housework, care for children, and …
… advancing at a slow pace in the EU in both the short term and the long term (Figure 4). On average, the Index score for … be at increased risk of losing jobs because of additional unpaid care responsibilities resulting from closures of … care workers in health services. Another example of a low-paid, female-dominated occupation that became essential …