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Flexibility and Work-Life Balance

Flexibility and Work-Life Balance . an intervention WORKS conference 8-9 October 2008 Helge Hvid Roskilde University, Denmark. Congratulation !. Have created a very detailed picture of: Trends in work organisations – towards new kinds of flexibility … and back again

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Flexibility and Work-Life Balance

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  1. Flexibility and Work-Life Balance an intervention WORKS conference 8-9 October 2008 Helge Hvid Roskilde University, Denmark

  2. Congratulation! Have created a very detailed picture of: • Trends in work organisations – towards new kinds of flexibility… and back again • Patterns of time in work and work-life balance • Gendered effects of the changes • Differences between EU countries and examples of the impact of regulation

  3. First Refexion => No single trend, many different patterns exist beside each others… there are room for politics and for improvements

  4. Flexibility: Good or Bad for Quality of Working Life? • The reports pinpoint problematic elements: - uncertainty, asocial working hours, intensity, reduced complexity, work-life imbalance • However: employees want … some kinds of … flexibility - The task oriented and boundaryless work is (for many) considered as attractive • Employers make constant pressure for more flexibility – some time numerical, some time functional often both

  5. The Challenge Searching for a kind of flexibility, which improves quality of working life - AND somehow maintain and improve innovation capacity, efficiency and quality => Need for an intelligent regulation, consciously affecting quality of working life

  6. Three Kinds of Flexibility • Flexible work organisations - Just in time, project orientation • Flexible contracts of employment • precarious employment, part time, outsourcing • Flexible time arrangements • 24/7 society, irregular time schedules, flexi time Degree of Fun. flex Degree of Num. flex

  7. Regulating Flexibility • Flexible work organisations - ?? ?? • Flexible contracts of employment - Flexicurity: individual rights to social security and training • Flexible time arrangements - Family related leaves (parental leave), flexi-time, autonomy over working time

  8. Regulatory Limitations • Flexible work organizations - ?? ?? • Flexible contracts of employment • Flexicurity: makes an unsustainable work organization possible • Flexible time arrangements - Individual rights related to time: tend to increase intensity in both work and family life, and tend to create gender inequality

  9. In Search for a Regulation for ‘Sustainable Work Organization´ • It is very important to be aware of unsustainable elements of the flexible work organization…. WORKS give a lot of knowledge • Also important to look for possibilities – WORKS also gives opportunities for that? • Important to excavate experiences with regulations that are promoting ‘sustainable work organizations’ - Social partners at the work place, campaigns, agreements, governmental support etc.

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