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Working time in the 5 th EWCS: some findings from the overview report

Working time in the 5 th EWCS: some findings from the overview report. Greet Vermeylen Conference: how to make a working environment more human? Slovenia, 6 October 2011. Working time in context. Evolution of working conditions Diversified work patterns

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Working time in the 5 th EWCS: some findings from the overview report

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  1. Working time in the 5th EWCS:some findings from the overview report Greet Vermeylen Conference: howto make a working environment more human? Slovenia, 6 October 2011

  2. Working time in context Evolution of working conditions Diversified work patterns Life course perspective: transitions Men and women on the labour market: availability for work Patterns of work and social model Different cultural, social models male breadwinner, modified male breadwinner, dual earners Work-life balance, gender… Social infrastructure: care, schools, etc European competitiveness in a global economy Companies try to cope with changing market demands Flexibility practices : working time flexibility (&other forms of flexibililty)

  3. 5th EWCS and working time • working time duration • Working time is decreasing on average • From 40.5 hrs/week in 1991 (EC12) to 37.5 hrs/week in EU27 (2010) • - On average men work 7 hrs more than women in paid empl • - However: paid + unpaid work: women work more • Time segregation (next to occupational/sectoral/pay segreg) • - Women work more shorter hours • Men work more longer hours • But women do bulk of household work • preferences • Preferences do not always match with what we do: • Precariousness, overworked,…

  4. Evolution of weekly working hours, 1991 – 2010, EC12, EU15 and EU27 (%)

  5. Average working hours and distribution of working hours, per country

  6. Working time duration and stress • Long working hours : • Slightly decreasing but still • 54% of self-employed with employees, • 43% of self-employed without employees and • 11 % of employees • work 48 + hours per week • -> Report more health problems, work life balance problems and work intensity • Short working hours (particularly short part time) • Increasing, mostly female phenomenon (gender segregation) • Can be linked with other psychosocial risks mainly related to job and financial insecurity

  7. Working long hours …

  8. Working hours preference, by gender, age and employment status, 2010, EU27 (%)

  9. Working hours preference, by country, 2010, EU27 (%)

  10. Working all around the clock? • Working time organisation • Standard working time still the norm for the majority of workers (9 to 5 jobs / same hours/ same nr of days etc) • This is more the case for women than for men… • But a considerable proportion of workers work at ‘other times’ • 16% of the workers work long days (5+ times/month) • 10% of workers do night work (+ 3 times/month) • 17% of the workers do shift work • 20% work on call • 53% work at the weekend at least once a month 26% work at least one Sunday a month

  11. Working shifts, on call

  12. Work intensity at very high levels: working to tight deadlines EC12, EU15 and EU27, 1991-2010 (%)

  13. Work intensity over time – country resultsworking at high speed

  14. Work intensity over time – country resultsworking to tight deadlines

  15. Work life balance Fit between working life and private life is influenced by a nr of elements… • Working time arrangements • paid and unpaid work • Working time capability • preferences and working hrs by gender/age/household structure • Working time fragmentation • employment conditions and working time • Working time arrangements • Flexitime, predictability & variability, being able to take time off, work in free time … blurring fronteers between work and private life

  16. Work life balance • 18% of workers have problems with work-life balance • Men > women • esp. men 30-49 yrs old • Dissatisfaction for women more evenly spread over career • Children and the partner’s work situation is determinant • But flexibility of workers and employers • One third of the workers can easily take 1 hour off • Easier for men than for women • More than one third of the workers work in their free time • Slightly more men and for women • Nearly 20 % (both men and women) do this more than once per week

  17. Cinderella … the story continues… 5th EWCS

  18. Thank you More info: www.eurofound.europa.eu Survey Map Tool, overview report, secondary analyses Data will be available through Essex Data Archive gve@eurofound.europa.eu

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