Indicator on the flexibility of working time Luxembourg, 3-4 December 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Overall summary Flexibility of working time is an important component of work life balance Agreed for inclusion in the framework during the 3rd meeting of the EG The indicator proposed part of the 2015 LFS AHM Due to re-scheduling for 2019, a placeholder from the 2010 AHM is the current proposal Luxembourg, 3-4 December 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Current proposal Indicator "Employees by flexibility of their working schedule and educational attainment level" (lfso_10fvaredu) From the 2010 EU LFS AHM on the Reconciliation of work and family life Recoded high (Determines own work schedule) –medium (some degree of flexibility, including other)-low (Fixed start and end of a working day or varying working time as decided by the employer) Luxembourg, 3-4 December 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Results 2010 Luxembourg, 3-4 December 2014 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Some caveats Assessed by the LFS team as a complicated variable Problems with coding correctly the shift workers in some of the countries (this is not flexibility!) The difference between the types of flexible arrangements not always evident Recoding all flexible options together will reduce the impact of the latter problem Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Luxembourg, 3-4 December 2015

Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Plans for the future Will be collected again in the 2019 LFS AHM on Working Time Arrangements Proposed to be included in the core LFS (annual data collection), asked to all in employment Both in the 2019 module and the core survey will be formulated in a similar manner as in this proposal (No, some& complete flexibility) Luxembourg, 3-4 December 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS? Please address them now or later at: Aurelia-Georgiana.IVAN@ec.europa.eu Thank you! Luxembourg, 3-4 December 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators