… be cared for at some point in our lives. Professional care work is one of the lowest paid occupations in the EU, often accompanied by poor … and of the pandemic, care workers are some of the lowest paid people in the EU. Their low salaries are a reflection of …
… in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy job losses, … assumption that caring is still women’s work, even when paid, contributes to its undervaluation. When thinking about … skills if they want to take advantage of the new, well-paid jobs becoming available, which require a high level of …
… 1957, we’ve been signed up to the principle that equal work of equal value should be paid the same, regardless of who’s doing it. And yet, women are still paid on average 14 % less per hour than men. At the European …
… the pandemic, with 7.7 million women unable to take up paidwork because they were taking care of children and ageing … This can, of course, make it difficult to find time for paidwork -- as was the case for 7.7 million women before the …
… It looks at gender equality in the EU in six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. It finds that … and that greater equality is achieved in both paid and unpaid work. Workers in the care sector, who are mostly women and …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour … Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care several days a week – as opposed to 68 % of men. …
… women continue to be under-represented in senior roles, paid less than men and disproportionately subject to sexual … underpins the unequal way women and men are treated at work. While overt sexism is prohibited under EU law, many … value of gender equality. Further reading Sexism at work: How can we stop it? Handbook for the EU institutions …
… We are learning what it means to self-quarantine, work from home, home-school children, lose a job or even a … their profession is one of the most undervalued, and under-paid jobs in the EU. Men’s mortality rate is higher … often already in precarious jobs and will probably not be paid nor entitled to paid sick leave. These people are likely …
… pay gap is that, on average, women spend fewer hours in paidwork than men. This is the situation in all Member States, … working in companies with 10 or more employees are paid less than men in all Member States. Women managers in …
… for Gender Equality (EIGE). “Women are using flexible work arrangements to juggle work and family life but this is … factors: women are concentrated in lower level and lower paid jobs, work more (both paid and unpaid) hours, take longer career breaks, and are …