Closing gender gaps in the labour market by achieving the equal participation of women is among the key objectives of the new Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. Despite significant progress in reducing the gender employment gap, it has stagnated over the past few years. Moreover, segregation in...

The European Working Time Directive lays down minimum safety and health requirements for the organisation of working time in the EU by, for example, establishing that all workers have the right to a limit to weekly working time of 48 hours. However, it also contains the possibility for Member...

This annual review covers several issues related to working time in the EU and Norway in 2015 and 2016. It is based mainly on contributions from Eurofound's Network of Eurofound Correspondents (NEC). The report looks at the following: - main developments resulting from legislative reforms or...