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Équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée

L’équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée désigne un état satisfaisant de conciliation entre la vie professionnelle et la vie privée d’une personne. Favoriser un meilleur équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée pour les travailleurs tout au long de la vie est, depuis de nombreuses années, un objectif politique de l’UE, étant donné qu’il est essentiel pour garantir la viabilité du travail pour tous. 

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Recent updates

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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

Le 26 avril 2017, la Commission a présenté le socle européen des droits sociaux, qui comprend une initiative visant à assurer un équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée des parents et aidants. L’initiative a pour objet de remédier à la sous-représentation des femmes sur le marché du travail et expose un certain nombre de normes minimales nouvelles ou améliorées applicables au congé parental, au congé de paternité et au congé des aidants.

Études d’Eurofound

Collecte de données

Les enquêtes européennes sur la qualité de vie (EQLS) d’Eurofound établissent des comparaisons entre les pays sur la conciliation entre vie professionnelle et vie familiale, les régimes de travail flexibles et la fourniture de services de prise en charge de qualité. Les enquêtes sur les entreprises en Europe (ECS) fournissent des données sur les raisons pour lesquelles les entreprises utilisent un large éventail de régimes de travail et sur la manière dont elles le font. Les enquêtes européennes sur les conditions de travail (EWCS) analysent l’aménagement du temps de travail dans toute l’UE et les questions y afférentes, y compris les régimes de travail flexibles, les préférences en matière de temps de travail et l’équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée.

L’Observatoire européen de la vie active (EurWORK) fournit des informations sur les conditions de travail et le travail durable, y compris une base de données sur les salaires, le temps de travail et les conflits entre les travailleurs et leurs employeurs. Eurofound a également évalué les coûts socio-économiques de l’écart du taux d’emploi entre les femmes et les hommes et peut offrir des informations sur la création d’emplois dans le secteur des services de prise en charge.

Visualisation des données

Gros plan sur: Foundation Focus – Équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée

23 décembre 2016 – Ce numéro de Foundation Focus se penche sur l’équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée et sur certains des facteurs qui aident, ou au contraire gênent, les travailleurs pour ce qui est de concilier vie professionnelle et non professionnelle. Étant donné la diminution progressive du temps de travail moyen, il pose la question de savoir si l’équilibre entre la vie professionnelle et la vie privée a encore de l’importance. En quoi la directive sur le temps de travail peut-elle apporter une aide, et quel est le rôle des politiques en matière de flexibilité du temps de travail? De quels soutiens spécifiques les personnes ayant des enfants ou des adultes à leur charge ont-elles besoin? L’équilibre entre la vie professionnelle et la vie privée est lié à d’autres aspects de la vie, et notamment à la nécessité d’une garde d’enfants de grande qualité, à la suppression de l’écart du taux d’emploi entre les femmes et les hommes et à la prévision de dispositions concernant les travailleurs âgés qui ne peuvent continuer à travailler à temps plein.
Équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée: Créer des solutions pour chacun

Key outputs

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Les technologies numériques ont permis à de nombreux travailleurs d’exercer leur profession n’importe quand et n’importe où, avec les avantages et les inconvénients qui en découlent. Les données d’Eurofound montrent...

9 septembre 2021
Publication
Research report
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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 mars 2020
Publication
Research report
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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 février 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 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)

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

La Fondation a effectué une enquête complète sur le temps de travail et sur l’équilibre vie-travail auprès de plus de 21 000 entreprises européennes entre l’automne 2004 et le printemps 2005. Les pays ayant fait l’objet de l’enquête sont les 15 «anciens» États membres de l’Union européenne (UE15)et

09 May 2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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


Blogs results (18)
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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

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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 mars 2019
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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 mars 2019
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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 octobre 2018
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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 février 2018
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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

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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 février 2016
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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 novembre 2015

Data results (3)
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