… masks enormous gender gaps across the EU and in forms of employment. For example, women’s FTE employment rate in 2019 was 16 p.p. lower than men’s (see … women than of men are employed in non-standard and often precarious, jobs, including part-time jobs. The low score for …
… work is done by women, and this hinders their access to employment. The paid care sector has a large share of women employees who are often in low-income, precarious jobs, with few career prospects. Lower earnings … make it more convenient for women to opt out of paid employment and care for their families, compared to men. Most …
… 2016; Johnston and Land-Kazlauskas, 2018). With the employment status of workers in the platform economy shifting … platforms has been seen as placing vulnerable workers in a precarious situation, including putting them at risk of …
… women’s motivation to work from home (or to take up self-employment) is to obtain a higher degree of flexibility and … marginalise these groups of people, pushing them into more precarious jobs. It cannot be seen as a substitute for proper …
… with fixed working time towards less secure forms of employment situated within a ‘complex and multi-faceted … (Huws et al., 2019; JRC, 2018). When these workers work in precarious, poorly paid jobs, this is likely to have severe … a high prevalence of irregular employment, informal and precarious working arrangements, heavy workloads and low …
… EU labour market, the variety of gender stereotypes around employment in certain jobs and related gender differences in … are currently under-represented in platform work, with the employment structure following the well-established patterns … Serious concerns have been raised about the precarious, exploitative nature of domestic work provided by …
… of women and men to be out of the labour market or in precarious work (EIGE, 2018b) and therefore to have a low … services – especially dental care – was connected to employment status, as well as level of income: 9.9 % of … differences in ill health are often due to differences in employment status, as employment is one of the main …
… care entirely, relying instead on domestic workers in precarious working conditions or providing care themselves … in the labour market. At the societal level, the employment lost as a result of women’s caring …
… More detailed analysis of FTE employment shows worsening inequality among groups at high … For all of these groups, the gender gap in FTE employment has increased by more than 1 p.p. since 2014 … their children, and women in particular are prone to be in precariousemployment. Lone parents have faced extremely …
… of the following changes. The gender gaps in FTE employment rates and duration of working life have reduced … 2020). Women are more likely than men to be involved in precarious or informal work, with limited access to various … % versus 10 % ), which contributes to higher incidence of precariousemployment (26 versus 15) (EIGE, 2020a). The …
… the commodification of labour. New technology, work and employment, 29 (3), 213-223. Bisdee, D., Daly, T., and Price, … 45 , 951. Chung, H., and Van der Horst, M. (2018). Women’s employment patterns after childbirth and the perceived access … Parliament. (2017). Report on working conditions and precariousemployment Retrieved from …
… noticeable progress in the EU towards increased women’s employment rates, lower risks of poverty for both women and … tend to be found more often in temporary, part-time or precariousemployment. This contributes to significant gender … members. In addition, more women than men are involved in precarious or informal work, with limited access to various …
… subsequent recovery, many women continued to experience precarious working and living conditions across the EU, with … . Women are more likely to be in temporary, part-time and precarious jobs, and to be employed in the informal sector, … tends to increase non-standard and precariousemployment, such as short-term, part-time, low-paid and …