… 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 … This shows that although men and women have similar paidwork responsibilities, household responsibilities are …
… has led to a proliferation of so-called "platform work" whereby workers use online platforms (e.g. Uber, Wolt, … This note explores some of the characteristics of platform work for those with childcare responsibilities. Furthermore, … survey shows how women living with children cite balancing paid- and unpaid work as a motivation more often compared to …
… AI. Here they can face challenges such as male-dominated work environments, stereotyping, sexual harassment, and a … for women. Without representation, women miss out on well-paid and respected jobs in a growing industry. Professional … workers, and can deduct ‘low productivity time’ from paidwork time, leaving platform workers vulnerable to this …
… the existing system hasn’t quite worked. Women are still paid less. They are in a minority in positions of power, but … the economy, which, by the way, are often some of the best paid and highly respected ones – I will touch on this later … women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, which, to put …
… (EIGE) shows that artificial intelligence and platform work (also called gig work), have the potential to improve gender equality in the … rights such as a minimum wage, limits to working time and paid leave. In the meantime, EU Member States need to …
… us today. It’s great to be here to speak about EIGE’s work programme in 2022. We have three priority topics for the … first is that we are now even more explicitly aligning our work programme with the political priorities of the European … EU-wide survey, which asked women and men how much their paid and unpaid hours changed during the pandemic. This will …
… in the European Union and shows trends in the domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power, health and violence. … can help both women and men combine private life with paidwork. However, I would like to stress that telework … skills if they want to take advantage of these new, well-paid jobs requiring a high level of digital skills. In the …
… challenges to the spotlight. The importance of care work, whether paid or unpaid, and its unequal distribution between women … Gender Equality Index is on digitalisation, the future of work and most importantly, the consequences for gender …
… the gender pay gap, the unequal distribution of unpaid work, and gender-based violence, to name just a few. Some new … women are particularly vulnerable. Women are also paid less because they dominate sectors that are low-paid versions of their domestic caring responsibilities, for …
… to be headed by a woman and the most senior - and best paid - civil servant jobs continue to be dominated by men. … share of women in parliament. Improving opportunities for work-life balance in the workplace, such as turning a former …
… employer’ awards. In some cases, the decision to improve work-life balance and initiate gender mainstreaming came from … employees’ needs is the first step in designing successful work-life balance measures. This can be done via a survey, … and retention of women, flexible and remote working, and paid paternity leave. Men are also encouraged to share home …
… opportunity for women to enter jobs that are more highly paid than those in traditionally female sectors. This would … a number of the arguments in favour of gender-equality and work–life balance measures, supported by workplace examples …
… compared with many other sectors because technology-based work is often not tied to a location or timetable. On the … major pressure to develop further measures to support work–family life reconciliation. Nonetheless, the ICT sector … full salary. In Sweden, Netlight supplements the salary paid by the state and allows a 25% reduction in working hours …
… focus, like pilot project the Family Manager, a work–life balance project, the Frauen Mint awards for women … Telekom, was to focus on policy areas on implementing work-life balance strategies and develop partnerships with … to reduce their working hours or temporarily suspend their paid duties to care for a disabled adult relative or small …
… Measures reported in some of Poland’s offices to reconcile work and family life included the following: Flexible working … hours and teleworking, which allow employees to combine work with family responsibilities Grants for childcare … and internships that can lead to opportunities for a paid job. In Poland, a large number of highly active …
… skilled in areas such as communication, responsibility at work, organisation, customer relations, analysis, focus and … women (21%), and that women cannot devote as much time to paidwork outside the family as men (6%). Interestingly, only 5% …
… the country. Currently, almost 20,000 people in Bulgaria work in ICT, compared with 5,000 in 2016 — 300% growth in … sector employs some of the most highly skilled and well-paid professionals in Bulgaria. Across Eastern Europe, it is far from unusual for women to work in technology, and Bulgaria has the highest proportion …
… Does gender equality feature in your work? Whether you work in fisheries, transport or any other area of the … family fishing or aquaculture businesses. They are rarely paid and their efforts are not recognised by society. A …