Work Life Balance in Europe

Definition balance between the work and private life balance of 4 areas career and work family and friends health free time and hobbies

Work Life Balance Spain

Satisfacation Spanish people are all together less happy with their life than people from other countries On a scale from one to ten their life satisfacation is 6,5

Average Income 1824 € per month

Working Time –Holidays The average working time is 40 hours per week 6 % work more than 50 hours per week 32 vacation days per year plus special leave (e.g.: pregnancy, wedding etc.)

Family Life - Importance Family is their first priority The first aim is the balance between work and family After the birthrate decreased massively at the beginning of the crisis, it has been increasing slowly again to 1 ,32 (per women)

Benefit and support by state for families Hardly demands in social help, unemployment benefit, child benefit Non remarkable child benefit: 24,25 € per month Unemployment benefit for singles: 500-1000€ with family + 300€ Family is the best social protection

Health Care System - Insurance The state health care system is financed by contributions By monthly contributions they can take up free medical services More than 90 % of the population take part in this system 15 % of the population have a privat insurance

Expectancy of Life Population: 46,77 million (Spain 2014) expectancy of life all in all: 82,83 years Women: 85 years Men: 80 years

Free Time Activities Dinner Celebrating in clubs, bars or on the streets with music and dancing Sports: football, basketball & rugby Tennis is the most popular individual sport want to disestablish the „Siesta“

Work Life Balance -France-

Career and Work Average income per capita is about 29.759,00 US-Dollar -> higher than the OECD average ( 29.016,00 US-Dollar) -> rank 9 of 38 with no average annual increase since 2008

Career and Work Average financial wealth per capita is about 53.851,00 US-Dollar -> lower than the OECD average ( 84.547,00 US-Dollar) -> rank 15 of 38 with an average annual increase of 0.1% Rating of the citizens in total is 4.8 of 10 points

Career and Work Average worktime in France is 35 hours per week -> In France, around 8% of employees work very long hours, less than the OECD average of 13%. The annual leave in France are 5 weeks, which are approximately 30 days ->There are 11(or 13 in some provinces) national holidays in France

Family and Friends Importance of your family: On average, they have two children and the majority pursue full-time employment (79%). try to spend much time with their family and friends despite their little time In education, the French are usually more stricter than others

Family and Friends State fundings and facilities for families: The costs are regulated by the state and directed by the family size and the income of the parents childcare and day mothers are also subsidized by the state

Leisure Time and Hobbies going to the movies, listening to music, photography and watching series on TV A typical French game: the boule game First of all you build two teams You throw a little ball to the front (the little ball is called "cochon" which means "pig“

Leisure Time and Hobbies Goal is: getting as close as possible to the "pig" by throwing other balls Fact: In average, the French people invest 16.4h in leisure activities and for their personal well-being. France takes the first place out of 38 countries

Health care and insurance Construction of the French health system: only 75 percent of the costs are refunded for an ambulant treatment. You cannot choose your own health insurance in France. Depending on your job you are assigned to a fitting insurance.

Health care and insurance The health insurance in France consists of the following four sections: The most common insurance for people working in the industrial, trade or service sector Special insurance for people working in the agricultural sector Special insurance for self-employed people Special insurance for people employed by the state

Work Life Balance in Hungary

Contentness 5,3 points of 10 points Very low value Big difference between poor and rich and in the standards of living Very high living costs

Average income Average income: 15.614 US-Dollar  Average income in OECD countries amounts 29.016 US-Dollar

Average working time 8 hours per day/ 5 days a week Just 38% of employees work 50 hours or more per week 15 hours left for family, free time, etc.  Average in OECD countries amounts 14,9 hours per week

Annual leave 20 – 30 days per year Holidays are mostly taken in summer or on Christmas The employee may take his holiday on his own

Health care system and expectation of life No standard health insurance Very high compulsory contribution (15% of income (employer pays 11%)) No private health insurance Waiting lists for hospital stays and appointments  Who doesn’t want to wait has to pay Not many hospitals and these are in dept The lacking staff is low-paid Bad health care system

Health care system and expectation of life Low expectation of life  On average 76 Years (general average amounts 80 years)

Leisure activities hiking (beautiful country for hiking) shopping (huge, modern shopping centers) bicycle tours football (national sport) Water sports (swimming, sailing,…) fishing hunting

Family Father is dominant Mothers stay at home to take care of their children when they are younger  For fathers that’s unusual generally both parents are employed

State encouragement for facilities for families and children not enough childcare  Mothers have to stay at home to take care of their children the government tries to change it

WORK-LIFE-BALANCE In Germany

Satisfaction Workers in Germany are satisfied with their work. 69% of the respondents rate their satisfaction on a scale from 0 to 10 with values between 8 and 10. German people are the most satisfied ones in Europe, because they earn enough money and have time to spend it.

Average Income German workers earned in average 34.999€ in 2015. In the last few years, the average income has increased.

Working Hours German people have to work 40,5 hours per week in a full-time job. But there are also part-time jobs.

Holiday per Year Number of vacationers: 69,1 millions. Minimum stay of 4 weeks per year Average travel costs per day: 88€

Importance of the Family (Children) Family households in mio overall 11.7 With 1 child 6.14 With 2 children 4.20 With 3 children 1.07 With 4 children 0.21 With 5 or more children 0.075 Parents spend 103 minutes with their children per day. Mothers spend more time with their children than fathers.

Healthcare System You have to be insuranced by law It is recommanded to do additional insurances You can decide where to be insuranced

Life expectancy

Hobbies

Work-Life-Balance in Companies Many companies have different working time models to satisfy their workers. For example: - Part-time/flexi-time model. -- Work at home (Softwares) - - Working hours accounts

Work-Life-Balance in Poland

Career and Work low wages average income per month: 510 € average working hours/week: 40,7 hours number of unemployed:1.825.200 (December 2014) rate of unemployment: 11,5% pensionable age: 64 years

Family and Friends hospitable harmonic family life very low rate of divorces high importance of religion multigenerational household many pets time for family, sleeping, eating and hobbies: 14,4 hours

Government Advancement doubling of paternal leave 100% wage during a maternity leave of 20 months all government kindergartens are free nanny system no benefit for home-based care by parents

Healthiness selfmade lunch average life expectancy: 77 years Life satisfacton 6,0 every employed polish person is compulsorily insured in national healthcare system

Life satisfaction World-Average: 6,5 Quelle: oecd.org

Free-Time and Hobbies most popular hobby: to walk the dog the latest trend: sports bicycling gym bowling inline skating watching TV 4 hours per day trips to shopping centers and theme parks

Vacation Source: statista.de

Scandinavia

1. life satisfaction country generally satisfaction satisfaction at the working place europe 7,1 denmark 8,0 8,1 finland sweden 7,7 norway 7,9

2. average income sweden: 40.822€ per year norway: 67.207€ per year

3. average working periods sweden: 36,3 hours per week norway: 33,2 hours per week

4. holiday periods per year on average 33 days per year additional 10 days are holidays (like christmas) holiday pay is determined by the government maternity leave: ca 18 weeks (=4,5 months) parental leave: ca 26 weeks (=6,5 months) parental leave (for fathers): about 9 weeks (2,25 months)

5. Importance of family 65% of swedish people declared family and free time as more important than their career

6. public support and institutions for families governmental entitlement to child care (for children under the age of seven) 1,95 children per women (Norway/Finnland) Parents could take extra educational holiday, if they won't find an ability of child care until the end of their parental leave until the end of the second school year, parents can reduce their working hours child allowance on average: 95,75€ for the first child and 174,27 for the fifth or more

7. health system and insurances public health insurance for everybody with a personal number (foreign people, too) tax-financed Every provincial parliament makes its own tax rate – on average 11% additional payment for every time visiting a doctor or buying medication long waiting periods advise to self-help by telephone dental treatment has to be payed by yourself since the age of 20

8. life expectancy Sweden: 79,7 (male) 83,7 (female) Finland: 77,0 (male)

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