Top Nations For Work-Life Balance
Denmark
Employees working very long hours: 2 percent
Employment rate of women with children: 78 percent
Time devoted to leisure and personal care: 16.31 hours
Denmark ranks 1st in participation in childcare services and also boasts the lowest child-poverty rates.
As per OECD Denmark was ranked No. 1 in the world for providing the best work life balance compared to other countries. And it has a number of factors which is working for it- 52 full weeks of paid maternity leave, 34 total days of paid vacation, and only 0.04 percent of workers are on the job more than 50 hours per week. Additionally, the OECD calculated that as many as 16.31 hours per day are dedicated to personal care among Danish workers.
Sweden
Employees working very long hours: 1 percent
Employment rate of women with children: 76 percent
Time devoted to leisure and personal care: 15.48 hours
Sweden is acknowledged for its generosity when it comes to offering parental leave benefits in the world. As many as 480 days, or 16 months, of paid parental leave is offered to workers, 60 days of which are reserved for the father. Furthermore, those 480 days can be spent however the parents see fit over the first eight years of their child's life. Sweden also offers a generous 36 days of paid vacation every year, and ranks in list of the top 10 countries in the OECD which offers the best work life balance.
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