Caring Responsibilities in European Law and Policy

Torella, Eugenia Caracciolo di; Masselot, Annick

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“…Most EU countries lack recognition of and adequate support for WKCs’[ 43 ], and work-care reconciliation policies that facilitate and support WKCs´ combination of carer and employee roles are generally of low priority [ 44 ]. Sweden has a stated policy goal that all women and men regardless of their social or ethnic background shall have the same access to public support [ 45 , 46 ].…”

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Informal care provision among male and female working carers: Findings from a Swedish national survey

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Introduction Informal carers in paid employment–working carers (WKCs)—have complex support needs. However, little is known about WKCs’ pattern of informal care provision, the support they receive, the impact providing care has on their employment, and how these vary between male and female WKCs. This study describes the pattern of informal care provision and received support among Swedish WKCs. Research method/Design The study was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of a stratified random sample of the Swedish population aged 18 or over. The questionnaire addressed the type and extent of informal care provided, support received and the impact of care provision on employment. Of the 30,009 people who received the questionnaire, 11,168 (37.3%) responded, providing an analytic sample of 818 (7.32% of respondents) employed or self-employed informal carers. Findings A typical Swedish WKC was a middle-aged female, providing weekly or daily care to a non-cohabitant parent, who experiences care as sometimes demanding and receives no formal support as a carer. Female WKCs were more likely than males to care alone and with higher intensity, to report a need for help in meeting their care-recipient’s needs, and to experience care as demanding. Approximately 17% of WKCs reported their employment had been affected due to caring, 40% their ability to work, and 31% their career development opportunities. Female WKCs’ ability to work was affected more than males’, and they were more commonly prevented from applying for work. Conclusion Swedish female WKCs compared to males provide more hours of informal care, across more care domains, more often alone. This places them in a challenging situation when combining paid work and care. Greater recognition of the challenges faced by WKCs is required in Sweden and other countries, as are policies to reduce gender inequalities in informal care provision in this group.

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“…5 The middle ground is occupied by those who demand that both parents are supported by maternity/paternity and parental leave entitlement with continuity of -3 -pay or benefits, while also being able to avail of high-quality care institutions, in order to redistribute unpaid care work evenly. (Caracciolo di Torella & Masselot, 2020;Rubery & Koukidiakis, 2016) 6 While the policy debate on mothers' (parents') remunerated work is as old as industrial work, 7 increasing longevity creates new expectations to take up unpaid elder care once children have outgrown the need of unpaid care. (Herlofson & Brandt, 2019) These debates have recently led to new EU legislation requiring Member States to provide for unpaid leave for elder care and some benefit for paternal and parental leave as well, 8 preceded and followed by intense debate.…”

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Collective bargaining and unpaid care as social security risk – an EU perspective

Schiek

2020

SSRN Journal

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“…of LTC. Explicit EU policy provisions have been slow to develop, and the right to give and receive LTC has only recently been explicitly recognized (Caracciolo Di Torella and Masselot, 2020). The European Care Strategy put forward by the European Commission in September 2022 aims to address this gap.…”

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“…The growing concern about LTC needs and its provision has significant implications for EU economic, social, and migration policies and, reversely, impacts the availability of LTC. Explicit EU policy provisions have been slow to develop, and the right to give and receive LTC has only recently been explicitly recognized (Caracciolo Di Torella and Masselot, 2020). The European Care Strategy put forward by the European Commission in September 2022 aims to address this gap.…”

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“…As the European population is ageing, EU work–life balance policies aim to encourage women to increase both their ‘productive’ work in the labour market and to reproduce the labour force through childbearing and rearing (Repo, 2016). Overwhelmingly, in EU policy, ‘rights for carers are framed as “workplace rights”’, aimed at and available only to those who are already active on the labour market (Caracciolo Di Torella and Masselot, 2020, p. 128).…”

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Long‐term care in EU policy 1999‐2022: women's responsibility, migrants' work?

Zacharenko

2023

J of Common Market Studies

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As the population of the European Union (EU) is ageing and its working‐age population shrinking, concerns are rising about how the growing demand for long‐term care (LTC) will be met. Since unpaid care, provided mainly by women, is increasingly scarce, some EU states are becoming dependent on migrant labour for the functioning of their elder care systems. To address the growing deficit of care in the EU, the European Commission put forward a European Care Strategy, for the first time proposing a stand‐alone policy on LTC. This followed on from a Commission proposal for a new strategy on migration, calling for labour migrants to be proactively attracted to work in the EU's care sector. As the (lack of) availability of LTC is increasingly shaping EU policy, it is timely to investigate what its impact is on key policy areas, such as gender equality, social and migration policies.

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Caring Responsibilities in European Law and Policy

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Informal care provision among male and female working carers: Findings from a Swedish national survey

Informal care provision among male and female working carers: Findings from a Swedish national survey

Collective bargaining and unpaid care as social security risk – an EU perspective

Long‐term care in EU policy 1999‐2022: women's responsibility, migrants' work?

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