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WORK-LIFE BALANCEPERSONAL AND HOUSHOLD SERVICES
La Rioja, 24 March 2014
Jean-François LEBRUNEuropean Commission, DG EMPL
The women are the future of growth
Women are more educated than men (55% in tertiary education)
But there are only 26% of employers.
Imagine that this rate reaches 50% so 4 million new enterprises and that 5 workers by enterprise therefore 20 million new jobs.
Gain in terms of growth over 780 billion to € or 6% of GDP.
45% of women admit a problem of work-life balance.
To increase this rate and thus foster our growth, we must improve the work-life balance
To improve the work-life balance, one of the tracks is the PHS.
BARCELONA
PHS: An ICEBERG of 120 millions FTP (full time equivalent). Each adult works 3 hours at home (OECD)
Female employment rate
+ 80
More reconciliation needs
More dependency needs
Social objective More needs tomorrow
• More social services• Quasi-market • Allocations to stay at home• LETS• Voluntary services• …..
Employment objective
PHS: A rational choice and a need for public interventions
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With a public support close to the tax wedge (40-50%), the intervention is neutral for public finance (following several studies)
But who pay ? who receive the returns ?
OBJECTIVES – Opportunities in 3 domains
Social - Existing and future needs
Needs linked to the demographic evolution (ageing population and more active women)Childcare, long term care, care for dependant people and non-care activitiesAccess, universality versus selectivity, quality
Employment – Creation of new jobs (5 million in EU 28)
Job creationFight against undeclared workCharacteristics of these activities: highest job content, local (or low import content),…
Economic – A new sector
Development of a new "sector" by the externalisation of several activities made at homeSpecialisation, economy of scale, technical progress
PHS – A NEED OF ACTIONS
FIVE STEPS APPROACH
1.Identification of needs
2.Certification of providers
3.Co-financing by the user
4.Evaluation
5.Support activities
1. Identification of needs
Activities made at home
CARE (without health dimension) NON-CARE•Child Cleaning•Elderly Ironing•Disabled Gardening•Dependent …..
Public opinion surveyStakeholders audition+ Analysis of current supply (including undeclared economy & price on the "black market")→ list of activities and their prices
Eurobarometer
2. Certification (or license) of providers
Quality of servicesSkills (social, communication and technical)Commitment (empathy,…)Segmentation (several providers)
Quality of workWorking conditions (working hours, wages, transport,…)Training
Public authorities can fix requirements, conditions,… to the service providers
Based on quality requirements, skills requirements,…Competition between the providers (public services, social economy or private companies)No public procurementsRequirements in terms of professionalization, vocational training, social dialogue,…
PHS: WORKING CONDITIONS ?• Low wages• Low productivity• Budget constraints
• Working time• Job security• Physical risks• Psychological risks• Transport
Training New technologies Quality control Social dialogue ILO Convention Cultural Change /
communication
• Recruitement • Retention
3. Co-financing by the user
The user (beneficiary or customer) must pay part of the cost (0 to 100%)Fiscal deductibility or direct support (voucher) A grid of financial support in function of criteria (income, dependency, age,)The "public" financial support is "carried" by the user, the demand sideSimple procedures
HIGH PUBLIC EXPENSESBUT THERE ARE IMPORTANT RETURN EFFECTS
- Job creation (taxation, social security contributions,…)- Better balancing family life and work (productivity)
WHY? IN LINE WITH THE CARACTERISTICS OF THESE ACTIVITIES:- High employment content between 0,95 and 1,00- Low-medium skills- Existence of undeclared work- Low productivity- Few or absence of formal job without public interventions
Earn-back effects 1st order earn-back effects 2nd order earn-back effects
- Social security contributions- Additional personal taxes- Reduction in unemployment benefits
- Additional job creation (manager, assistant,…)- Corporate taxes
- Less stress, less absenteeism,…- More working hours/job returns - Cost of alternative solutions (institutionalisation,…)
BE ATSE
Public autorities can determine their financial supports on the basis of several criteria and policy objectives.
The only limit is the black market price.
4. Evaluation
Analysis of databases
Opinion surveys (users, employees)
On-line rating (for the users & for the quality)
….
Possibility to review the system
But caution to the need to have a stable environment
Analysis of the needs satisfaction (opinion surveys,…)Analysis of the employment and financial returnsEvaluation of quality and working conditionsRating by the users (online plateform,…)
5. Support activities
Communication campaignR&DOthers co-financing organisations (enterprises (work life balance, CSR,…), insurance, charities,…)
PHS: A Room for new technologies
Yesterday:Washing machine, dishwasher,…
Today:Automatic vacuum cleaner and lawnmower,..Monitoring devices for elderly
Tomorrow:eLearningIntelligent monitoring devicesTailor made solutionsOther robots
+ Management and administration+ Infrastructure (domotics, house adapted,…)+ R&D
New technology + Technical skills Productivity
Thank you for your attention
•Jean-francois.lebrun@ec.europa.eu
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