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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.)
