… to COVID-19, but they also experience high levels of work-related stress and emotional exhaustion (Barello et al., … the retail trade, hospitality, residential care, domestic work and clothes manufacturing (EIGE, 2021c). Most of these … index of total actual hours worked reveals that time in paid jobs fell by 6.1 index points for women and by 4.3 index …
… migrant women are usually limited to working in low-paid care jobs (Addati, 2018; EIGE, 2020c, 2021d). FRA (2019) … women are considerably less likely than men to be in paidwork, with the gender gap ranging from 19 p.p. in …
… progress or even regression is probable. Domain of work With a score of 71.6 points – an increase of only … between women and men because of the gender imbalance in paid and unpaid work. More women than men in the EU have lost … gender inequalities in the time women and men spend on paid and unpaid work and in recreation. Housework is the most …
… in health The conditions in which women and men live, work and spend their time affect their health. Gender and … to accumulate and have the greatest impact on those not in paidwork and those with a low income, such as women with a low …
… aspect of gender equality. The amount of time spent in paidwork, rest and recreation, or caring for others has knock-on … pandemic, the crisis has underlined the importance of both paid and unpaid care work for societies and economies to …
… and men make it harder for women to commit more time to paidwork (EIGE, 2019e). The overall share of women in part-time work is greater since they balance paid jobs and unpaid care work to a greater extent than men …
… Gender inequalities in the domain of work remain entrenched (EIGE, 2020a). They are reflected in … norms, including leaving jobs or substantially reducing paidwork time to meet care needs. This has consequences for … is exposing, as never before, the crucial links between paid and unpaid work, and between the economic and health …
… of care recipients, but even more for caregivers. Caring (paid or unpaid) for an old person takes a considerable toll … could help to decrease the disproportionate amount of care work for which women are responsible and thereby reduce … most of whom (76 %) are women. They bear heavy workloads, work long shifts (including nights and weekends) and …
… and sectoral segregation, part-time or temporary work, gender stereotypes and norms, difficulties in … underpaid and undervalued. Both women and men are well paid in ICT but the gender pay gap persists Attracting women to well-paid ICT and STEM jobs is seen as an important policy tool to …
… allow more flexibility in where and when people work. Flexible working arrangements typically relate to how … burden of household work, despite also being in paidwork (see Chapter 5, ‘Domain of time’). The rest of this … generally more common among women who work in higher paid jobs or who have non-standard contracts (EIGE, 2018d). …
… two closely related processes: increased flexibility of work and the emergence of new forms of work. Increases in … care responsibilities (primarily taken on by women) with paid employment, and because it can encompass those who … favourable working conditions: they are relatively well paid, require less work during atypical working hours, and …
… Much of the current policy debate about the future of work centres on the increased use of digital technologies and … 2017, p. 7). This does not, however, mean that women are paid equally to men in these jobs. The fact that women have, … patterns of automation (Rubery, 2018). Firstly, the low-paid nature of certain female-dominated occupations (e.g. …
… digital skills open opportunities for access to well-paid jobs for which there is significant demand in the … skills) necessary to thrive in the digitalised world of work. This is particularly evident among older people (aged … between Gender Equality Index scores (domain of work, subdomain of participation, domain of money) and the …
… several key advances in the digitalisation of the world of work. While these can be understood as a continuation of … contributes to the growth of employment in certain well-paid sectors that require advanced digital skills, such as … linked to digitalisation, one usually offering well-paid, high-quality jobs (the ICT sector) and the other often …
… of life, is largely determined by time pressures from both paid and unpaid work (European Parliament, 2016). Research shows that for workers, overall time dedicated to paidwork has increased, reducing the time and energy …