“…Across Europe, women, as opposed to men, are primarily responsible for caregiving (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2010;Symeonidou, 2004). Thus, work-life policies such as flexible and/or reduced hours work may be particularly useful to female employees, who may find it difficult to combine paid work with their other responsibilities (Abendroth et al, 2012;Atkinson & Hall, 2009;Tomlinson, 2006).…”