Working From Home Is A Better Deal For Husbands Than Wives, Study Shows
1 year, 11 months ago

Working From Home Is A Better Deal For Husbands Than Wives, Study Shows

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A new study suggests that when it comes to working from home, women in dual-income homes may get a raw deal. “In other words, wives’ working from home reduced husbands’ family task workload, but not the other way around.” The couples in each survey completed two surveys at the end of the night for 14 consecutive workdays. In other words, wives’ working from home reduced husbands’ family task workload, but not the other way around. “These findings suggest husbands can provide more resources and support for their wives to complete remote work tasks when they have flexibility in scheduling their work time and procedure,” said Jasmine Hu, lead author of the study and professor of management at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business. Justin Paget via Getty Images “These findings suggest husbands can provide more resources and support for their wives to complete remote work tasks when they have flexibility in scheduling their work time and procedure,” said Jasmine Hu, the study's lead author.

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Women do 7 hours of housework, men under 3 hours - The Hindu
1 year, 5 months ago

Women do 7 hours of housework, men under 3 hours - The Hindu

The Hindu  

On July 24, the Tamil Nadu government launched camps to facilitate the registration of applicants for the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai Thittam, or women’s basic income scheme. Data shows that married women spend on average over seven hours a day doing such work, regardless of their employment status, while men spend less than three hours. Click to subscribe to our …

Employers still allowing work-from-home, but not as much as employees want
1 year, 9 months ago

Employers still allowing work-from-home, but not as much as employees want

NL Times  

Employees who want to work from home can usually do so for part of the week, but often not as much as they’d like. Employers allow their staff some time working from home but prefer to see them at the office, EenVandaag concluded after surveying over 5,000 people who can work from home, including 300 entrepreneurs with staff. Most employees, …

WFH also includes household work for women
4 years, 9 months ago

WFH also includes household work for women

The Hindu  

About a week into the nationwide lockdown against the spread of COVID-19, women, especially those granted the ‘Work From Home’ option, have been hard-pressed to cope, as maids, caretakers and baby-sitters have stopped reporting to work. Since I don’t have the WFH option, the absence of our domestic help, and with kids at home, I am more of a full-time …

Working from home can make you more productive — if you can learn to tame your time
4 years, 11 months ago

Working from home can make you more productive — if you can learn to tame your time

ABC  

Every day, the alarm goes off at the same time: 7am. "Most of the time it's more productive to get work done from home, as you don't get constantly interrupted, you can concentrate and control the level of noise," says Libby Sander, assistant professor of organisational behaviour at Bond University. "Working flexibly solves that — I get feedback on my …

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