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The right to work-life balance in Portuguese cooperatives. A legal and empirical analysis
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This paper aims to assess whether cooperatives are the ideal setting for promoting the work-life balance, a right whose protection has been built in close connection with
the promotion of gender equality. To this end, we intend to answer the following questions:
(i) What are the main dimensions of the right to work-life balance, and what is the relevance
of protecting this right to promote gender equality? (ii) To what extent can the legal regime
of cooperatives promote the right to work-life balance and, consequently, gender equality?
(iii) What are the main facilitators and obstacles to work-life balance in cooperatives from the
perspective of women and men?
From a methodological point of view, our study is based on a review of the literature, legislation, and an empirical study. The empirical analysis was based on the results of a questionnaire
survey, which yielded 414 valid responses from employees of SEEs, including 62 from cooperatives. The statistical methods followed were descriptive statistics, non-parametric tests
and post-hoc tests. The findings shed light on the specific challenges faced by employees in
cooperatives regarding work-life balance and highlight the importance of open and supportive communication channels within the workplace and flexibility in time management. The
results also suggest that cooperatives, according to the perception of employees, are the ones
that promote more facilitators and that their organisational culture and climate are favourable
to fostering a healthy work-life balance. The observed outcomes can be primarily attributed to
the democratic and participatory management inherent in cooperative structures.
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Work-life balance Decent work Gender equality Cooperatives
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