Week 10—Student presentations: Work-life balance
Topic: Work-life balance and family-friendly policies (tentative questions that you could reflect in your policy proposal )
- How does everyday employment impact workers’ personal life and well-being?
- How do societal expectations around gender roles impact perceptions of work-life balance?
- How does achieving a balance between work and personal life contribute to overall well-being?
- What specific policies do you believe would benefit employees with family responsibilities?
Topics discussed: Work-Life balance principles defined by the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), adoption of policies, importance of balance, why these policies make a difference? Work-life balance evaluations in West and East Europe, Papa/Daddy month, Dual earner model vs. General family policy model (comment on work flexibility, organization of childcare, financing of system, societal benefits), Parenting activities and family values in the duel earner model,
African context: Common problems faced by workers (telework, statutory holiday, working time flexibility, overtime payments), the organization of children care, gender roles in family responsibilities,
preference for family values and respect for the elderly,
firm vs. state as a provider of work-life measures.