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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
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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)

National working conditions surveys in Europe: A compilation

This report describes surveys in 15 EU Member States that meet two conditions: they are national, covering all or most of the working population; and they relate at least primarily to working conditions issues, such as health and safety at the workplace, work organisation, quality of working life

25 September 2014
Publication
Research report
Health and well-being at work
Job quality
Work organisation
Work-life balance
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work

Textiles and clothing: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the textiles and clothing sector (NACE13 and 14). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work

03 September 2014
Publication
Information sheet
Health and well-being at work
Skills and training
Working time
Work organisation
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Job quality
Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Public administration: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the public administration sector (NACE 84). The findings are based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of

03 September 2014
Publication
Information sheet
Health and well-being at work
Skills and training
Working time
Work organisation
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Job quality
Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Residential care sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the residential care sector (NACE 87). The findings are based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work

17 June 2014
Publication
Information sheet
Health and well-being at work
Skills and training
Working time
Work organisation
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Job quality
Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Food and beverage sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the food and beverage service activities sector (NACE 56). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality

17 June 2014
Publication
Information sheet
Health and well-being at work
Skills and training
Working time
Work organisation
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Job quality
Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Impact of the crisis on industrial relations and working conditions in Europe

This report maps the impact of the global financial, economic and public debt crisis on industrial relations and working conditions at national level in the EU Member States from 2008 to end 2012. The impact of the crisis on industrial relations is mapped with regard to the actors, processes and

22 April 2014
Publication
Research report
Pay and income
Working time
Subjective well-being
Work organisation
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Health and well-being at work
Industrial relations
Working conditions and sustainable work
Industrial relations and social dialogue

Construction sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the construction sector (NACE 41, 42, 43). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work across 34

13 April 2014
Publication
Information sheet
Health and well-being at work
Skills and training
Working time
Work organisation
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Job quality
Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Utilities supply sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the utilities supply sector (NACE 35). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work across 34

13 April 2014
Publication
Information sheet
Health and well-being at work
Skills and training
Working time
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Job quality
Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Banking sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the banking sector (NACE 64).1 It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work across 34 European

13 April 2014
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Information sheet
Health and well-being at work
Skills and training
Working time
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Job quality
Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Education sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the education sector (NACE 85). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work across 34 European

13 April 2014
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Information sheet
Labour law
Gender equality
Health and well-being at work
Job quality
Skills and training
Work organisation
Work-life balance
Working time
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work
Online resources results (153)

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 in Europe, the reasons why legislative and procedural actions are being called for, the impacts that effective

15 Απρίλιος 2024
Podcast
Working conditions and sustainable work
Teleworking
Working time
Work-life balance

Flexible work increases post-pandemic, but not for everyone

Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, various forms of flexible work, such as teleworking and flexitime, were in place across EU Member States. However, the pandemic led to a surge in flexible working practices with many workers wanting to focus on their work–life balance and have more time for

11 Απρίλιος 2024
Article
Working conditions and sustainable work
Working time
Work organisation
Work-life balance
Teleworking

Towards a strong Social Europe in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis: reducing disparities and addressing distributional impacts

21 Οκτώβριος 2021
Presentation
Living and working in Europe
Psychosocial risks
Teleworking
Work-life balance
European Pillar of Social Rights
COVID-19
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Workers want to telework but long working hours, isolation and inadequate equipment must be tackled

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a surge in telework, with dramatic increases in the number of employees working from home (teleworking) in many European countries. What for many employees started out as a mandatory move seems to have transformed into a preference among the majority for part-time or

6 Σεπτέμβριος 2021
Article
Working time
Working conditions and sustainable work
Working conditions
Teleworking
Work-life balance
European Pillar of Social Rights
Gender equality
COVID-19
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Twin transition and pandemic challenge Eurofound to increase expertise, strengthen partnerships, expand reach, says new Director

Eurofound welcomed Ivailo Kalfin to his new role as Executive Director on 1 June. After one month in the job, he reflects on the challenges facing the EU, how they will impact on the work of Eurofound and his priorities for shaping the Agency over the next five years.

12 Ιούλιος 2021
Article
Social partners
Promoting social cohesion and convergence
Teleworking
Work-life balance
European Green Deal
European Pillar of Social Rights
COVID-19
Digitalisation

Living, working and COVID-19: Impact on gender equality

Living, working and COVID-19: Impact on gender equality 11 March 2021, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) virtual meeting Presentation by Maria Jepsen, Acting Executive Director, Eurofound

22 Μάρτιος 2021
Presentation
Care
COVID-19
Gender equality
Health and well-being at work
Inequality
Job quality
Labour market participation
Pay and income
Psychosocial risks
Teleworking
Work-life balance
Working time

Working remotely: An overview of trends, opportunities, challenges and risks

Working remotely: An overview of trends, opportunities, challenges and risks 9 March 2021 Presentation by Irene Mandl, Head of unit - Employment, Eurofound

9 Μάρτιος 2021
Presentation
Digitalisation
European Pillar of Social Rights
Teleworking
Work-life balance

Connecting and disconnecting and work-life balance

Connecting and disconnecting and work-life balance 9 March 2021 Presentation by Tina Weber, Research manager - Employment unit, Eurofound

9 Μάρτιος 2021
Presentation
Digitalisation
European Pillar of Social Rights
Labour and social regulation
Teleworking
Work-life balance
Working time

A modern agenda for work-life balance

A modern agenda for work–life balance 16 October 2018, Brussels, Belgium Presentation by Mathijn Wilkens, Research Officer, Christine Aumayr-Pintar, Research Manager, Anna Ludwinek, Research Manager, Eurofound

16 Οκτώβριος 2018
Presentation
Gender equality
Work-life balance
Working conditions and sustainable work

Luxembourg: Extending parental leave to improve work–life balance

Since 1 January 2018, paternity leave in Luxembourg has been increased from 2 to 10 days, under legislation passed in December 2017. The law, aimed to improve people’s work–life balance, also introduces more flexibility for parents to use leave to take care of a sick child, but reduces some leave

15 Φεβρουάριος 2018
Article
Labour law
Leave
Work-life balance
Blogs results (18)

Gender equality – What’s next? Let’s focus on the world of work

The jury is still out on the question whether men and women are from distinct planets. When it comes to the world of work, however, they are worlds apart.

25 Οκτώβριος 2023
Barbara Gerstenberger
Blog
Working conditions and sustainable work
Gender equality
Working time
Work-life balance
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Citizens need clarity on Europe’s challenges

14 Δεκέμβριος 2022
Mary McCaughey
Blog
Working conditions
Subjective well-being
Trust
Work-life balance
Living conditions and quality of life
Job quality
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Do we really have the right to disconnect?

Telework has become a permanent feature of working life in Europe. While we’ve seen the benefits of more flexible ways of working – particularly during the pandemic – the problems that arise from an increasingly connected life are also becoming clearer. Unfortunately, legislation alone may not be en

13 Ιούλιος 2022
Oscar Vargas Llave
Blog
Working conditions and sustainable work
Teleworking
Work-life balance
Anticipating and managing the impact of change
Digitalisation
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Marking International Women's Day - Sharing the caring: a necessary step towards gender equality

8 Μάρτιος 2022
John Hurley
Blog
Teleworking
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Employment and labour markets
Labour market participation
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Good news for gender equality as we exit the COVID-19 crisis?

The pandemic has had differential impacts on women. Raised consciousness about them must be applied to advance gender equality in recovery measures. All crises have a strongly gendered impact and none more so than the current pandemic, across a range of indicators. While the virus itself seems to ta

28 Απρίλιος 2021
Maria Jepsen
Blog
Care
COVID-19
Employment and labour markets
Gender equality
Labour market participation
Pay and income
Teleworking
Work-life balance
Working conditions
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Choosing to challenge – the EU Gender Equality Strategy one year in

8 Μάρτιος 2021
Anna Gallinat
Blog
COVID-19
Gender equality
Labour market participation
Pay and income
Work-life balance
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Could COVID-19 unravel years of progress on gender equality in employment?

​​​​​​​The decades-long trend of a narrowing gender employment gap in Europe has halted in recent years. Now the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting low-paying service sectors with a high share of social contact, including many with a majority of female workers, risking forcing them ou

9 Δεκέμβριος 2020
Martina Bisello
Blog
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Labour market participation
Employment and labour markets
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Does the new telework generation need a right to disconnect?

Whatever the benefits of telework – and there are many, including more flexible working time, increased productivity and less commuting – there are drawbacks, as many of the one-third of Europeans who were exclusively working from home during the pandemic will attest. Primary among these is the ‘alw

3 Δεκέμβριος 2020
Oscar Vargas Llave
Blog
Working conditions and sustainable work
Work-life balance
Collective bargaining
Agreements
Digitalisation
Teleworking
Labour and social regulation
Anticipating and managing the impact of change
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COVID-19 unleashed the potential for telework – How are workers coping?

The COVID-19 health crisis prompted governments to take the unprecedented step of shutting down all workplaces, apart from those providing essential goods and services, to control the spread of the virus. Every worker who was able to do so began to work from home, initiating a social experiment of a

9 Ιούνιος 2020
Oscar Vargas Llave
Blog
COVID-19
Work-life balance
Teleworking
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COVID-19 fallout takes a higher toll on women, economically and domestically

​​​​​​​While women appear to be more resilient than men to COVID-19 in terms of health outcomes, that is not the case when it comes to the economic and social fallout. Measures taken by governments to control the spread of the virus are exacerbating gender divides in unemployment, domestic labour an

3 Ιούνιος 2020
Massimiliano Mascherini
Blog
COVID-19
Psychosocial risks
Living conditions and quality of life
Unemployment
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Teleworking
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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