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Ισορροπία μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής

Η ισορροπία μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής είναι η ικανοποιητική εξισορρόπηση της επαγγελματικής ζωής ενός ατόμου με την προσωπική ζωή του. Η εξασφάλιση καλύτερης ισορροπίας μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής για τους εργαζομένους καθ’ όλη τη διάρκεια της ζωής τους αποτελεί εδώ και πολλά χρόνια στόχο της πολιτικής της ΕΕ, καθώς είναι καθοριστικός παράγοντας για την εξασφάλιση βιώσιμης εργασίας για όλους. 

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Episode 20 – Is it a right to disconnect?

In this episode of Eurofound Talks Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Research Manager Tina Weber about new research on the right to disconnect, the evolution of the right to disconnect...

Podcast

EU context

Στις 26 Απριλίου 2017, η Επιτροπή παρουσίασε τον ευρωπαϊκό πυλώνα κοινωνικών δικαιωμάτων. Πρόκειται για μια δέσμη μέτρων που περιλαμβάνει μια πρωτοβουλία για τη στήριξη της ισορροπίας μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής για γονείς και για άτομα που παρέχουν φροντίδα. Η πρωτοβουλία αυτή έχει ως στόχο να αντιμετωπίσει την υποεκπροσώπηση των γυναικών στην αγορά εργασίας, ενώ ταυτόχρονα καθορίζει μια σειρά νέων ή βελτιωμένων ελάχιστων προτύπων για τη γονική άδεια, την άδεια πατρότητας και την άδεια φροντίδας.

Το έργο του Eurofound

Συλλογή δεδομένων

Οι Έρευνες του Eurofound για την Ποιότητα Ζωής στην Ευρώπη (EQLS) παρέχουν συγκρίσεις μεταξύ των χωρών, όσον αφορά τον συνδυασμό επαγγελματικής και οικογενειακής ζωής, τις ευέλικτες ρυθμίσεις χρόνου εργασίας, και την παροχή ποιοτικών υπηρεσιών φροντίδας. Οι Έρευνες για τις Ευρωπαϊκές Επιχειρήσεις (ECS) παρέχουν δεδομένα σχετικά με τους λόγους για τους οποίους οι εταιρείες χρησιμοποιούν ευρύ φάσμα ρυθμίσεων χρόνου εργασίας και τους τρόπους με τους οποίους τις χρησιμοποιούν. Οι Ευρωπαϊκές Έρευνες για τις Συνθήκες Εργασίας (EWCS) εξετάζουν την οργάνωση του χρόνου εργασίας σε ολόκληρη την ΕΕ, καθώς και σχετικά ζητήματα, τα οποία συμπεριλαμβάνουν τις ευέλικτες ρυθμίσεις, τις προτιμήσεις ως προς τον χρόνο εργασίας και την ισορροπία μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής.

Το Ευρωπαϊκό Παρατηρητήριο του Εργασιακού Βίου (EurWORK) παρέχει πληροφορίες για τις συνθήκες εργασίας και τη βιώσιμη εργασία, καθώς και βάση δεδομένων σχετικά με τις αποδοχές, τον χρόνο εργασίας και τις συλλογικές διαφορές. Επίσης, το Eurofound έχει εκτιμήσει το οικονομικό και κοινωνικό κόστος της διαφοράς μεταξύ των φύλων στην απασχόληση και μπορεί να προσφέρει πληροφορίες για τη δημιουργία θέσεων απασχόλησης στις υπηρεσίες φροντίδας.

Απεικόνιση δεδομένων

Εστίαση: Τεύχος του Foundation Focus με θέμα τις λύσεις για την ισορροπία μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής​

23 Δεκεμβρίου 2016 - Αυτό το τεύχος του Foundation Focus εξετάζει την ισορροπία μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής και ορισμένους από τους παράγοντες που βοηθούν ή παρεμποδίζουν τους εργαζομένους να συνδυάσουν την επαγγελματική με την προσωπική τους ζωή. Δεδομένου ότι μειώνεται σταθερά ο μέσος όρος των ωρών εργασίας, στο τεύχος τίθεται το ερώτημα αν εξακολουθεί να έχει σημασία η ισορροπία μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής. Πώς μπορεί να βοηθήσει η οδηγία για τον χρόνο εργασίας και ποιος είναι ο ρόλος των πολιτικών σχετικά με τις ευέλικτες ρυθμίσεις του χρόνου εργασίας; Ποια συγκεκριμένα μέτρα στήριξης χρειάζονται για τα άτομα που έχουν την ευθύνη της φροντίδας παιδιών ή ενηλίκων; Η ισορροπία μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής συνδέεται και με άλλες πτυχές της ζωής, για παράδειγμα με την ανάγκη για υψηλής ποιότητας παιδική μέριμνα, την αντιμετώπιση της διαφοράς των φύλων στην απασχόληση και την πρόνοια για εργαζομένους μεγαλύτερης ηλικίας που δεν μπορούν να συνεχίσουν να εργάζονται υπό καθεστώς πλήρους απασχόλησης.
Ισορροπία μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής: δημιουργία λύσεων για όλους

Key outputs

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Πέμπτος γύρος της ηλεκτρονικής έρευνας για τη ζωή, την εργασία και την COVID-19: συνθήκες διαβίωσης σε μια νέα εποχή αβεβαιότητας

Στον πέμπτο γύρο της ηλεκτρονικής έρευνας του Eurofound, που διεξήχθη από τις 25 Μαρτίου έως τις 2 Μαΐου 2022, σκιαγραφείται η κοινωνική και οικονομική κατάσταση των πολιτών της Ευρώπης δύο...

7 Ιούλιος 2022
Publication
Research report
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Το δικαίωμα στην αποσύνδεση: Διερεύνηση των πρακτικών των επιχειρήσεων

Οι ψηφιακές τεχνολογίες παρέχουν σε πολλούς εργαζόμενους τη δυνατότητα να εργάζονται οποτεδήποτε και οπουδήποτε, η οποία συνεπάγεται διάφορα πλεονεκτήματα και μειονεκτήματα. Από τα στοιχεία του Eurofound προκύπτει ότι οι τηλεργαζόμενοι...

9 Σεπτέμβριος 2021
Publication
Research report
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Gender equality at work

Gender inequality at work persists across Europe, despite the long standing attention paid and efforts made to tackle it. This Eurofound report presents a closer look at women’s and men’s...

3 Μάρτιος 2020
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Research report
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Parental and paternity leave – Uptake by fathers

In the context of ongoing negotiations at EU level on adopting a work–life balance package for families and caregivers, Eurofound was requested by the European Commission to provide an update...

7 Φεβρουάριος 2019
Publication
Customised report

Current and ongoing research

Research continues in this topic on a variety of themes, which are outlined below with links to forthcoming titles.

Eurofound expert(s)

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Jorge Cabrita

Jorge Cabrita is a senior research manager in the Working Life unit. He is responsible for formulating, coordinating and managing European-wide research, and promoting the...

Senior research manager,
Working life research unit
Publications results (121)

Working time and worklife balance in European companies

The Foundation’s Company Survey on Working Time and Work–Life Balance 2004–2005 set out to map the use of a variety of working time arrangements in companies, to assess the reasons for their introduction and their impact. This report presents an overview of the survey’s initial findings. It focuses

01 June 2006
Publication
Research report
Retirement
Working time
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Working conditions and sustainable work

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09 May 2006
Publication
Information sheet
Non-standard employment
Συνταξιοδότηση
Ισορροπία μεταξύ επαγγελματικής και προσωπικής ζωής
Χρόνος εργασίας

First European Quality of Life Survey: Families, work and social networks (summary)

Family support, social contacts and an adequate work–life balance are essential factors in overall quality of life for individuals. However, time constraints resulting from changing work and family patterns are having a negative impact on personal life. People are finding it difficult to find time

21 December 2005
Publication
Report summary
Social inclusion
Living conditions and quality of life
Work-life balance
Living conditions

Combining family and full-time work

Full-time work has become an increasingly common employment pattern in the European Union, for both sexes, since the enlargement of the EU to 25 countries in 2004. At the same time, there is widespread discussion about working time flexibility as a desired solution to enhancing the work-life balance

03 November 2005
Publication
Working time
Work-life balance
Care
Working conditions
Social policies
Working conditions and sustainable work

First European Quality of Life Survey: Families, work and social networks

This report explores how families, social networks and work–life balance issues affect quality of life. The survey shows that time constraints in the workplace impact negatively on overall quality of life, formation of families and family life. It highlights that people, particularly in the new

11 October 2005
Publication
Research report
Social inclusion
Living conditions and quality of life
Work-life balance
Living conditions

Working and living in an enlarged Europe (report)

This report explores the distribution of time between work and private life, and the organisation of its interrelationship, as it is of pivotal importance for the overall quality of life in Europe. As a result, the relationship between the quality of economic and social development has become an

13 May 2005
Publication
Research report
Living conditions and quality of life
Work-life balance

Working conditions and gender in an enlarged Europe (report)

Working conditions and gender in an enlarged Europe presents a comparative study of working conditions for women in 10 central eastern European countries. The countries include eight of the 10 new Member States of the European Union, and two of the candidate countries, Bulgaria and Romania. National

22 April 2005
Publication
Research report
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Living conditions
Job quality
Employment and labour markets
Working conditions and sustainable work

Living to work – Working to live: Tomorrow’s work–life balance in Europe Background paper for Foundation Forum 2004

This background paper sets out the the context and poses questions on different aspects of attaining a better balance between the demands of work and personal life and finding new ways of organising individual working time over the life course. The main objective of the Foundation Forum is to

29 October 2004
Publication
Work-life balance

Better work and life: towards an inclusive and competitive enlarged Union (conference summary)

This is a summary of the conference on 'Better work and life: towards an inclusive and competitive enlarged Union', co-organised by the Greek Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The broad theme of the conference

11 November 2003
Publication
Other
Work organisation
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Working conditions and sustainable work

Working-time preferences and work-life balance in the EU: some policy considerations for enhancing the quality of life

What are the working-time preferences of the workforce in Europe? Which schedules are the most compatible with family and other commitments? These questions are relevant to European employment policy and for the working-time policy negotiations of the social partners and are examined in this article

29 July 2003
Publication
Research report
Working time
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Working conditions and sustainable work
Online resources results (153)

New working time model involves change of culture

A research project into German ‘working time on trust’ arrangements, funded by the Hans-Böckler Foundation [1]/,/ examines experiences of these voluntary schemes at company level. The project focuses on how this personal time scheduling system can contribute positively to quality of work and worker

9 Αύγουστος 2004
Article
Living conditions and quality of life
Work organisation
Work-life balance
Working conditions
Working time
Working conditions and sustainable work

Low uptake of working time accounts

A recent study on flexible working time arrangements offers an insight into how companies manage working hours and how employees juggle their time in order to balance the demands of career and private life.

25 Απρίλιος 2004
Article
Living conditions and quality of life
Work organisation
Work-life balance
Working conditions
Working time
Working conditions and sustainable work

Job autonomy varies with income and qualifications

Employees with the highest skills, best qualifications and highest incomes enjoy the highest levels of job autonomy in working life. Unskilled workers and low-income employees are the least favoured in this regard. The study, Degrees of job autonomy [1], /(pdf file -/ in Danish, /Dimensioner af

3 Δεκέμβριος 2003
Article
Pay and income
Working time
Work-life balance
Working conditions
Living conditions and quality of life
Working conditions and sustainable work
Blogs results (18)
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Trust tensions highlight need for Europe to ensure a coordinated response to COVID-19

The impact of COVID-19 continues to create chaos in people’s lives across Europe and the world. The economy is heading towards another major dip, and a sense of general insecurity pervades. The daunting challenges confronting health services and projections on the long-term impact of the crisis domi

12 Μάιος 2020
Juan Menéndez-Valdés
Blog
COVID-19
Trust
Living conditions and quality of life
Youth
Subjective well-being
Unemployment
Work-life balance
Teleworking
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We need to boost motivation at work to ease Europe’s demographic headache

Motivated workers have higher levels of engagement, better health and are able to work longer. Improving motivation at work is therefore a key component in meeting the challenges of Europe’s ageing workforce and improving the EU’s long-term competitiveness on a global scale. This means that fosterin

20 Μάρτιος 2019
Franz Ferdinand Eiffe
Blog
Participation at work
Working conditions and sustainable work
Sustainable work
Subjective well-being
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Health and well-being at work
Job quality
Ageing workforce
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Women in management: If we want to get serious about gender equality we need to talk about job quality

After more than 60 years of European policy on the equal treatment of women and men, men still outnumber women in management positions by almost two to one. The women who do make it into management are more likely to be in non-supervising management roles where they manage operational responsibiliti

7 Μάρτιος 2019
Isabella Biletta
Blog
Gender equality
Job quality
Work organisation
Work-life balance
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work
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Progress in paternity and parental leave for fathers – Are baby steps enough?

Few events challenge the equilibrium between work and life like the arrival of a child. As gender roles continue to change in Europe, supporting the uptake of paternity and parental leave among fathers is fundamental, not just to close the ‘caring gap’ between men and women, but also to provide the

11 Οκτώβριος 2018
Christine Aumayr-Pintar
Blog
Working conditions and sustainable work
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Leave
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Recent developments in work–life balance in Finland

The European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), carried out by Eurofound every four years, explores a variety of aspects related to living standards, health, family and work–life balance, as well as people's happiness levels, satisfaction with their lives, and their perceptions regarding the quality of

21 Φεβρουάριος 2018
Laura Pöntinen
Blog
Living conditions and quality of life
Work-life balance
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Reducing Europe’s gender employment gap

One of the common values that unites the European Union is that of equal opportunities: all citizens should have the same possibility to improve their lives and participate in the labour market regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. Ensuring equal opportunities in finding w

8 Μάρτιος 2017
Massimiliano Mascherini
Blog
Employment structure
Gender equality
Inclusive labour markets
Inequality
Employment and labour markets
Work-life balance
Working conditions and sustainable work
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The case for universal support for European families

Austerity measures introduced during the crisis have disproportionately concerned cuts in the measures that are most vital for reducing child poverty: cash and tax benefits, a new Eurofound report shows. Furthermore, there has been a move away from universal coverage towards more targeted support. O

3 Φεβρουάριος 2016
Daphne Ahrendt
Blog
Care
Public services
Living conditions and quality of life
Social policies
Work-life balance
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Working time clashes with work–life balance for many workers

The latest research from Eurofound on working conditions in Europe highlights that the 9-to-5 day is not the norm for many workers, and work commonly spills over into home life. Such patterns make it difficult to balance work and life outside work.

25 Νοέμβριος 2015
Eurofound
Blog
Sustainable work
Work-life balance
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work
Working time
Data results (3)

Trends in average actual weekly hours worked in the main job, by sex and educational level, EU, Q2 2019–Q2 2022

22 Δεκέμβριος 2023

European Working Conditions Telephone Survey 2021

27 Οκτώβριος 2023
Reference period:
2021

European Working Conditions Survey

24 Οκτώβριος 2023
Reference period:
2015

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