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Work-life in the modern era examining and addressing the central place of work intensity

Work-life in the modern era examining and addressing the central place of work intensity. Dr Natalie Skinner, Centre for Work + Life, UniSA. Information and insights …. Understanding the ‘WLB landscape’ in Australia today

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Work-life in the modern era examining and addressing the central place of work intensity

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  1. Work-life in the modern eraexamining and addressing the central place of work intensity Dr Natalie Skinner, Centre for Work + Life, UniSA

  2. Information and insights ….. • 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’

  3. AWALI Research - background A ustralian W ork A nd L ife I ndex

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

  5. Australian wLB landscape

  6. Struggle to juggle • 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

  7. Consequences high work-life conflict /long hours

  8. How are education professionals faring?

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

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

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

  12. 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. Work intensity

  14. AWALI 2012 – Australian workers

  15. 38% men & 35% women ‘expected put work before family/personal life (AWALI 2008)

  16. What to do?

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

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