The purpose of this report is to provide a comparative analysis of the extent to which 31 European states (the 28 Member States and the 3 EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) have adopted measures which promote the reconciliation of working and private and family life. In contrast...

Working time flexibility is a potentially important lever to foster the reconciliation of work, family, and private life. Giving workers greater autonomy and more control over their working times could empower them to better balance their work and non-work demands. This could then in turn lead...

Developments in Working Life in Europe 2014 is part of a series of annual reviews published by Eurofound and provides an overview of the latest developments in industrial relations and working conditions across the European Union and Norway. The Annual Review collates information based on...

Working time policies, although designed within the national and sectoral framework and the boundaries of institutional regulations, are fine-tuned and implemented at the level of each company, taking account of the environment in which the company operates and the workforce it is employing....

Changes to traditional gender roles and the labour market are forcing a rethink of conventional work-life patterns. Individuals are calling for a better quality of life, while employers require greater flexibility in the workplace. The idea of reorganising time over the whole course of working...

Neuere Untersuchungen haben ergeben, dass sich die Arbeitsbedingungen der Arbeitnehmer in der Europäischen Union im Laufe der letzten Jahre im Allgemeinen nicht verbessert haben. Die Anzahl befristeter Arbeitsverträge hat jedoch nicht dramatisch zugenommen. In der EU zeigt sich im Hinblick auf...

Im Jahr 1998 hat die Europäische Stiftung zur Verbesserung der Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen eine umfassende Studie zu den Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten der Zukunft in sämtlichen 15 EU-Mitgliedstaaten und Norwegen durchgeführt. Wer will arbeiten? Wann? Und warum? In der Studie wurde zu...

During the summer and autumn of 1998 the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions carried out a major survey on Employment Options of the Future across the 15 EU Member States and Norway. Who wants to work? When? Why? These were the major questions examined in the...