scholarly journals Dostosowanie sposobu organizacji czasu pracy do obowiązków rodzinnych w Polsce

2013 ◽  
pp. 59-79
Author(s):  
Anna Baranowska-Rataj ◽  
Maja Rynko
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Distance Work ◽  
Part Time Work

This paper presents a diagnosis of reconciliation of work and parenthood in Poland based on the data from the European Labour Force Survey ad hoc module “Reconciliation between work and family life” carried out in 2010. These data provide information on the following options of combining work with parenthood duties: (1) part-time work (2) flexible arrangements of working time (3) distance work. We compare the conditions for combining work with parenthood duties in Poland with opportunities observed in other European countries. We also show to what extent the conditions for reconciliation of work and parenthood in Poland have improved in time. We make an overview of legal regulations related to combining work with childcare duties and indicate the opportunities for improvement of these policies.

scholarly journals Women’s Vulnerability to the Economic Crisis through the Lens of Part-time Work in Spain

2021 ◽  
pp. 095001702110012
Author(s):  
Valeria Insarauto
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Transmission Mechanism ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Part Time Work

This article studies women’s vulnerability to the economic crisis of 2008 through the lens of part-time work in Spain. It posits that part-time work made the female employment position more fragile by acting as a transmission mechanism of traditional gender norms that establish women as secondary workers. This argument is tested through an analysis of Labour Force Survey data from 2007 to 2014 that examines the influence of the employment situation of the household on women’s part-time employment patterns. The results expose the limited take-up of part-time work but also persistent patterns of involuntariness and underemployment corresponding to negative household employment situations, highlighting the constraining role of gender norms borne by the relative position of part-time work in the configuration of employment structures. The article concludes that, during the crisis, part-time work participated in the re-establishment of women as a family dependent and flexible labour supply, increasing their vulnerability.

scholarly journals Work–Family Interference: Nurses in Norway and Finland

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bente Abrahamsen ◽  
Kari Anne Holte ◽  
Marjukka Laine
Keyword(s):  
Work And Family ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Work Schedules ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Work Hour ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Family Harmony ◽  
Job Rewards ◽  
Part Time Work

Abstract The aim of the study is to investigate the level of work–family inter-ference (WFI) for part-time nurses in Norway and Finland. Part-time work is usually cited as a desirable way in which to facilitate work and family harmony. However, the opportunity to work part-time in professions may be associated with greater difficulties and challenges than commonly presumed. Part-time professionals are often stigmatized as being less committed to work and report fewer job rewards than colleagues in full-time positions. This study challenges the notion of the desir-able consequences of work hour flexibility concerning the integration of work and family. Part-time nurses in Norway and Finland report an equal level or even higher levels of interference than nurses in full-time positions. A disproportional distri-bution of inconvenient work schedules appears to be a central explanation for the results reported by Norwegian nurses, but to a lesser degree by Finnish nurses.

Working Women in Japan

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Employment Status ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Reward And Recognition ◽  
Part Time Work

Japan is perhaps the worst of the top industrialised nations in its treatment of its female labour force. Although some improvements have been made, discrimination still exists in all aspects of employment, particularly in opportunity, reward and recognition. Japanese women feel that the two most important avenues for achieving greater equality are self‐improvement and the realisation of changes in societal attitudes, whereas changes in the law are not felt to be so important. Recent trends in employment status, employment by industry and occupation and part‐time work as well as age and educational background as regards working women in Japan are examined. Legislation is briefly described. Understanding the situation in different countries is a prerequisite for gaining the broader perspective necessary for the achievement of universal equity and mutual global prosperity.

scholarly journals Part-Time Work and Gender Inequality in Europe. A Comparative Analysis of Satisfaction with Work–Life Balance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Beham ◽  
Sonja Drobnič ◽  
Patrick Präg ◽  
Andreas Baierl ◽  
Janin Eckner
Keyword(s):  
Working Hours ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Part Time Work

Part-time work is an increasingly common strategy for handling work and family—but is it an effective strategy everywhere and for everyone? To answer this question, we examine the satisfaction with work–life balance of workers in 22 European countries included in round five of the European Social Survey. Our results show that part-time workers are more satisfied with their work–life balance than full-time workers; the more so, the fewer hours they put in. Yet, we find an important gender difference: Women in marginal part-time work (< 21 hours/week) are more satisfied than men in a similar situation, and conversely men in full-time work are more satisfied than women working full-time. Further, the societal context plays an important role: substantial part-time work (21–34 hours/week) is more conducive to satisfaction with work–life balance in more gender-egalitarian countries than in countries with low gender equality. Hence, a supportive gender climate and institutional support may entice workers to reduce working hours moderately, which results in markedly increased levels of SWLB.

Cutting at the Wrong Edge: Gender, Part-Time Work and the Irish Retail Sector

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Tormey
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
National Level ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Women Employees ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Sector Part ◽  
Part Time Work

Part-time work has often been championed as a mechanism for facilitating women's entry into the labour force. Research based on large scale surveys has theorised that employers and women employees can both benefit from part time work. Ethnographic research, on the other hand, has often focused more on the difficult working conditions for part time workers. This paper combines data from a quantitative survey carried out at national level and a locally based qualitative study to examine these issues. It shows that in the retail sector part time work does not just contribute to bringing women into the labour force. It also serves to marginalise them within the labour force. It also shows that forms of part time work being adopted are those most suitable to employers rather than those which might be of use to both employers and female employees. Finally, while women have often chosen to work part time, the conditions of part time workers studied are deteriorating.

Part-time work for women: Does it really help balance work and family?

2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Higgins ◽  
Linda Duxbury ◽  
Karen Lea Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Work And Family ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Part Time Work

Afstemming van beroepsloopbanen op gezinsverantwoordelijkheden

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilse Laurijssen ◽  
Ignace Glorieux ◽  
Suzana Koelet
Keyword(s):  
Family Formation ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Career Trajectories ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Labour Market Activity ◽  
Part Time Work

Reconciling career trajectories with family responsibilities Reconciling career trajectories with family responsibilities In this article we examine how – following family formation – women adjust their professional careers. Lowering the hours of labour market activity (i.e. part-time work) is one way of reconciling work with family responsibilities. An alternative strategy consists of finding a job that can be combined with family life more easily. Which jobs offer better opportunities to positive role-combination (i.e. work and family facilitation) depends on job quality, that we define using the job demands – job control model of Karasek. Using the longitudinal SONAR-dataset on the transition from school to work in Flanders, Belgium, we analyse how career trajectories of young women change following family formation. Our results suggest that women with children try to improve their work-family balance by changing the kind of jobs they work in, not that they anticipate to the later combination by choosing less demanding jobs. Improvement in work strain is mostly realized when women start working part-time. Part-time work as a reconciliation strategy, however, seems mostly needed in jobs that offer few opportunities to successful combination.

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