Work life balance

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Work-Life Balance

September 2014

Councillor Doreen HuddartNewcastle City Council

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Newcastle

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Newcastle City – some facts• Regional Capital – North East England• Population 292,000 • Formerly an area of heavy industry; mining &

shipbuilding• Unemployment rate of 10.8%• UK Unemployment rate is

6.5 % EU is 10.2%

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Newcastle City – some facts• 2 Universities & 1 Large Further

Education College = 40K students • Offices, shopping malls, lots of bars,

discos, night time economy, tourism, heritage sites and conference facilities

• New businesses in Green energy, turbines, electric vehicles, biofuels plus Science City, stem cell research, and biosciences…….

Outline of Presentation CoR position Demographic Issues Priority Issues Policy Issues Social Issues Work and the ageing workforce

Work Life Balance – COR Position

An on-going issue linked to a variety of the work of the ECOS commission

March 2014 a seminar held in Rioja on Work-Life Balance for ECOS members and local interest groups

A shared responsibility and a multi-governance response

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Demographic Issues

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European Priorities

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Policy Issues

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Policy Issues cont….

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Social Issues

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Social Issues cont…

Working Hours OECD average male working hours per

year in 2013:

USA 1788 Japan 1735 Britain 1669 France 1489 Germany 1388

Ageing Workforce Retirement Ages between 50 – 69 in EU 35% of retired people receive a pension 87% of these receive a state old age pension

Ageing Workforce 16% of old age pensioners are still working

Ageing Workforce Transition from work to retirement is also linked to earnings

and employment rates

Ageing Workforce Majority of older people in work are working

part time and have high rates of job satisfaction

This includes volunteering, e.g: in Communities for Museums, Parks, Churches, Libraries, Charity Work, Caring for grandchildren or relatives.)

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Thank youAny Questions

Councillor Doreen Huddart

Newcastle City Councildoreen.huddart@newcastle.gov.uk