Equal pay day highlights women's "unpaid" work

A new survey by the FOA public services union has found that as many as half of all employees in elder care, day care and psychiatry continue working unpaid after their normal working hours to finish their job. The survey also found that a reduction in staff hours has also lead to many care workers working alone and so face more pressure and stress. The union is urging its members to stick to their paid working hours and make management aware of what they can do within those hours and the additional resources needed to deliver proper services. [Read more at > FOA (DK)->http://www.foa.dk

Additional unpaid working time introduced as an austerity measure eight years ago continues to be a drain on morale and productivity across the civil and public service. That’s according to a report by the public service committee of the ICTU confederation. The report says the additional hours fall hardest on women, and are counterproductive in terms of service delivery and productivity. They remain “a deep and primary industrial relations grievance” among public servants, it says. In particular, the report argues not only that It has never been correct to assume that increased working time