1. Work Life Balance in Europe

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

3. Work Life Balance
Spain

4. 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

5. Average Income
1824 € per month

6. 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.)

7. 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)

8. 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: €
with family + 300€
Family is the best social protection

9. 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

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

11. 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“

12. Work Life Balance -France-

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

14. Career and Work
Average financial wealth per capita is about 53.851,00 US-Dollar
-> lower than the OECD average ( ,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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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“

19. 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 h in leisure activities and for their personal well-being. France takes the first place out of 38 countries

20. 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.

21. 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

22. Work Life Balance in Hungary

23. 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

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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

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

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

30. 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

31. 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

32. WORK-LIFE-BALANCE
In Germany

33. 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.

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

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

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

37. 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.

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

39. Life expectancy

40. Hobbies

41. 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

42. Work-Life-Balance in Poland

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

44. 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

45. 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

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

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

48. 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

49. Vacation
Source: statista.de

50. Scandinavia

51. 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

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

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

54. 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)

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

56. 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

57. 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

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

59. Thanks for listening