1. WORK-LIFE IN THE MODERN ERA EXAMINING AND ADDRESSING THE CENTRAL PLACE OF WORK INTENSITY Dr Natalie Skinner, Centre for Work + Life, UniSA

2. Information and insights ….. 1  Understanding the ‘WLB landscape’ in Australia today  Feedback on how workers in the education sector are faring, compared to other Australian workers  Insight into the central role of work intensity in job quality & WLB Knowledge of how common intensive working is in modern Aust. workplace Understanding links to other important aspects of job quality and wellbeing  Appreciation of general principles/strategies of creating ‘decent work’

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4. AWALI RESEARCH - BACKGROUND A ustralian W ork A nd L ife I ndex

5. Data collection  2007 – 2010, 2012, 2014  Telephone interviews  2800 respondents each year (1400 in 2007)  Nationally representative sample of Australian workers 4

6. AUSTRALIAN WLB LANDSCAPE

7. Struggle to juggle 6  Around 25% of workers chronically work-life stressed Work is intrusive, lack of time, dissatisfied WLB  Women, especially mothers & women working FT hours, are chronically time pressured (around 70%) & fatigued  Men, especially fathers working long FT hours, are not getting sufficient sleep needed to support health

8. Consequences high work-life conflict /long hours IndividualOrganisational/Business burnout, depression, stressabsenteeism & turnover (intentions) general health (cardiovascular disease) job satisfaction family, life, marital satisfactionorganisational commitment family strain/dysfunctionproductivity – individual & organisational level 7

9. HOW ARE EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS FARING?

10. Work-life conflict (2007 – 2010)  Education & training industry N = 1034  All industries N = 8292 % ‘often/almost always’ % ‘often or ‘almost always ’ 9

11. Cont. (2007 – 2010)  Work-life index  Scaling: 0 (lowest work-life conflict) to 100 (highest) 10

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13. Full-time workers only E&T: N = 164 All: N = 1528 12

14. Longer hours flexibility Higher workload Full-time workers in education sector: 86% work unpaid hours from home Average 24 hours per month (highest of all industries) 80% agree have too much work for one person to do (62% all Aust workers) 13

15. WORK INTENSITY

16. AWALI 2012 – Australian workers 15

17. 16 Work intensity Not taking paid leave Working longer hours Not making flexibility request Working unpaid hours @ home

18. 17 Work intensity WLB Physical health detriments Decline in family/ personal life Stress/ burnout

19. 38% men & 35% women ‘expected put work before family/personal life (AWALI 2008) 18

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21. WHAT TO DO?

22. 21 Source: http://www.apha.org/membergroups/newsletters/sectionnewsletters/occupat/fall11/fenceattop.htm