Maintaining a Sustainable Work–Life Balance

doi:10.4337/9781803922348

2024

DOI: 10.4337/9781803922348

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Maintaining a Sustainable Work–Life Balance

Abstract: Combining work and informal caregiving: workplace support to reduce work-care conflict vii Contents PART IV WORKING PARENTS 17 Returning to work after childbirth: maternal experiences and spillover-crossover effects on the infant 139 Roseriet Beijers

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Working Carers in Europe and How Their Caring Responsibilities Impact Work–Family Life Conflict: Analysis of the European Quality of Life Survey

Hlebec,

Monarres,

Šadl

2024

Healthcare

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Background/Objectives: Ageing of the population is a pertinent characteristic in developed societies that raises questions of who provides care and how care is provided to frail and dependent old people. The majority of care is provided by family members, friends, and neighbours, many of whom are of working age and active in the labour market. The aim of this study is to research how work and care are intertwined and how they cause conflict for individuals in Europe. Methods: A hierarchical regression analysis of European Quality of Life Survey data was performed to evaluate the amount of explained variance of work–life conflict according to caring situation, working conditions, and demographic characteristics of an adult European population. A stratified, clustered multistage sample design was used to select 15,656 adult respondents working as employees. Results: The results show that the three blocks explain about 18% of work–life conflict, with working conditions being the most influential block, followed by demographic characteristics and caring situation. Conclusions: The frequency of caring, use of formal care, and quality of formal services significantly mitigate work–life conflict, together with the number of working hours, commuting, fear of losing one’s job, fear of having insufficient income in old age, and the ease of making ends meet. Care regimes also have a considerable effect on work–life conflict. Countries have the power and responsibility to support working carers in their multiple and often conflicting roles by allowing flexible work arrangements, the right to reduce the number of working hours safely, employment protection during care, emergency leave, and short- and long-term leave, as well as by investing in community-based long-term care models and services.

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Working Carers in Europe and How Their Caring Responsibilities Impact Work–Family Life Conflict: Analysis of the European Quality of Life Survey

Hlebec,

Monarres,

Šadl

2024

Healthcare

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Maintaining a Sustainable Work–Life Balance

Abstract: Combining work and informal caregiving: workplace support to reduce work-care conflict vii Contents PART IV WORKING PARENTS 17 Returning to work after childbirth: maternal experiences and spillover-crossover effects on the infant 139 Roseriet Beijers

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Working Carers in Europe and How Their Caring Responsibilities Impact Work–Family Life Conflict: Analysis of the European Quality of Life Survey

Working Carers in Europe and How Their Caring Responsibilities Impact Work–Family Life Conflict: Analysis of the European Quality of Life Survey

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