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The best work life balance.

Jolanta 9 Sep 28
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Interesting that we are 9th from the bottom and Russia is 12th from the top.

Countries with the Worst Work-Life Balance
They also determined which countries have the worst work-life balance, which are as follows:

  1. Turkey
    Thirty-four percent of employees work very long hours, according to the OECD.

Turkey is by far the country with the highest proportion of people working very long hours, with 34%. Furthermore, while Turkey does offer paid maternity leave, it only does so for 16 weeks total for one child or 18 weeks for multiple pregnancies.

  1. Mexico
    Sixty-one percent of people between the ages of 15 and 64 have a paid job, lower than the overall average. Nearly 30 percent work very long hours.

  2. Israel
    In Israel, 15 percent of employees work very long hours. The average household disposable income per capita is also lower than the overall average.

  3. Korea
    While Korea recently cut its maximum working hours per week from 68 to 52, this is still substantially higher than many other countries. Still, the change may help Koreans see a better work-life balance.

  4. Japan
    Japan has also made strides to improve work-life balance by limiting overtime to 100 hours per month and 720 hours per year. A 2017 survey conducted by Hays found that one in four Japanese workers was dissatisfied with their work-life balance.

  5. Iceland
    Iceland is an expensive country, and many employees work long hours to make ends meet. However, Icelanders are not supposed to work more than 48 per week.

  6. South Africa
    According to a Targus No More Excuses Survey, 30 percent of South African respondents feel their employers don't value work-life balance. The survey also found that 63 percent of employers don't permit remote working.

  7. Australia
    Census data from 2016 found that 43 percent of Australians work more than 43 hours per week. An Austrian Bureau of Statistics survey from 2017 found that 35% of Australian men and 42 percent of Australian women felt significant stress or lack of time.

  8. United States
    The U.S. is the only OECD without a paid parental leave policy. It also has no federally-mandated sick leave policy or maximum number of hours employees may work per week.

  9. New Zealand
    A 2016 Census survey found that most New Zealanders worked between 40 and 49 hours per week. The OECD also reported that 13 percent work very long hours.

gearl Level 8 Sep 28, 2019

I am one of the few lucky Australians who's work-life balance is great. Lucky me.

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Working on that! Maybe I should move.

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I gotta say... I have a great work-life balance. I love what I do and how they let me do it! I work from home and pretty much come and go as I please.

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