… carers. Women are twice as likely to spend at least 5 hours a day on childcare and/or Long term care per day than … in hand with lower employment opportunities, reduced work hours and lower income. And this cost is much higher for … trend. Mothers are under heavier pressure to adjust their working lives for care demands to the detriment of job …
… own hands. Let me put this into context. Let us say I am working at a company. I live with my husband and two small … leave, and my company did not offer me flexibility in my working schedule. Due to these circumstances, I take two long … that on average, women across the EU have carried out 36 hours of unpaid work a week. This is 2,000 hours a year. …
… that during the pandemic, women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a … Commission’s new proposal for legislation to improve the working conditions of platform workers, which would help … status would bring many more rights, such as limits to working time, a minimum wage, and paid leave. If we do it …
… that most platform workers are young, highly educated and working another job alongside their food delivery or ride … which asked women and men how much their paid and unpaid hours changed during the pandemic. This will provide … of the crisis. Of course, EU policymakers have long been working hard to counter the negative effects of the pandemic. …
… pandemic, have been under unprecedented pressure, working around the clock, putting themselves and their … healthcare workers in the EU. Although both women and men working in this sector are exposed to the virus, women are … high workload, strong emotional demands, irregular workinghours, low pay and under-appreciation. Women are also heavily …
… However, women do significantly more. They put in more hours caring for children, they cook more, they clean more – … much they did at home, but women still clocked many more hours on the tasks that are essential to our wellbeing, but …
… on gender equality in Europe. From job losses and reduced workinghours to spikes in domestic violence and overwhelmed … for women reduced by 2.2 million across the EU. Women working in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic …
… in the labour market. Covid-19 led to the largest drop in workinghours in the EU-27, since 2006, even greater than the one … in the accommodation and food service sector, and those working in other services, such as entertainment and domestic …
… period. During lockdowns, European women dedicated 18.4 hours per week on cooking and housework, compared to 12.1 … mostly women - is even more difficult. They have to juggle working from home and caring for children alone. If they get … the EU population shifted to telework. The rates of people working from home were higher in households with children and …
… sectors. Healthcare workers Although both women and men working in this sector are exposed to the virus, women … the peak of the pandemic, healthcare workers faced long workinghours and reported troubles reconciling work and family life. …