Caring and unpaid work in Ireland

Russell, Helen; Grotti, Raffaele; McGinnity, Frances; Privalko, Ivan

doi:10.26504/bkmnext382

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“…In fact, women's unpaid work and caring time during the week and weekends remained virtually unchanged, leading to a gender gap in time devoted to leisure activities at weekends. These patterns remain unchanged, with more recent data indicating that women in Ireland report doing an average of just under 20 hours of housework per week while men report an average of seven hours (Russell, Grotti et al, 2019).…”

Section: Time and Division-of-labour Challengesmentioning

confidence: 89%

The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for policy in relation to children and young people: a research review

Darmody¹,

Smyth²,

Russell³

2020

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The mission of the Economic and Social Research Institute is to advance evidencebased policymaking that supports economic sustainability and social progress in Ireland. ESRI researchers apply the highest standards of academic excellence to challenges facing policymakers, focusing on 12 areas of critical importance to 21st Century Ireland. The Institute was founded in 1960 by a group of senior civil servants led by Dr T. K. Whitaker, who identified the need for independent and in-depth research analysis to provide a robust evidence base for policymaking in Ireland. Since then, the Institute has remained committed to independent research and its work is free of any expressed ideology or political position. The Institute publishes all research reaching the appropriate academic standard, irrespective of its findings or who funds the research. The quality of its research output is guaranteed by a rigorous peer review process. ESRI researchers are experts in their fields and are committed to producing work that meets the highest academic standards and practices. The work of the Institute is disseminated widely in books, journal articles and reports. ESRI publications are available to download, free of charge, from its website. Additionally, ESRI staff communicate research findings at regular conferences and seminars. The ESRI is a company limited by guarantee, answerable to its members and governed by a Council, comprising 14 members who represent a cross-section of ESRI members from academia, civil services, state agencies, businesses and civil society. The Institute receives an annual grant-in-aid from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to support the scientific and public interest elements of the Institute's activities; the grant accounted for an average of 30 per cent of the Institute's income over the lifetime of the last Research Strategy. The remaining funding comes from research programmes supported by government departments and agencies, public bodies and competitive research programmes.

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Section: Time and Division-of-labour Challengesmentioning

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The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for policy in relation to children and young people: a research review

Darmody¹,

Smyth²,

Russell³

2020

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“…Given recent evidence of the heavily gendered nature of caring and unpaid work in Ireland (Russell et al, 2019 6 ), the gendered impact of the COVID-19 outbreak (Wenham et al, 2020 7 ) and concerns that COVID-19 is fuelling gender inequalities, it would also be interesting to consider working family caring though a gender lens, and encourage policy makers and employers to take a gender informed approach to policy and practice changes aimed at supporting working family carers. A work-related issue facing women predominantly, but not exclusively, that has been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic is the combining of formal and informal caregiving roles, referred to as double-duty or triple-duty caregiving.…”

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The invisible workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic: Family carers at the frontline

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This is an open letter to acknowledge the essential and increasingly challenging role unpaid family carers are playing in the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter is written by members of the CAREWELL team, a HRB-funded project that aims to promote health and self-care behaviours among working family carers. Family carers provide care to family and friends in the community who need support due to old-age, disability and chronic illness. In many cases, family carers are supporting those who are considered most at risk in this pandemic meaning carers must reduce their own risk of infection in order to protect their dependent family members. The temporary reduction of some home care services, as well as school and creche closures, means that family carers are providing increased levels of care with little or no support. At a time when both worlds of work and care have been dramatically transformed, we wish to shed light on those who are currently balancing paid employment with a family caregiving role. We argue that there is much to be learned from the recent work restrictions that could benefit employees, including working family carers, beyond this pandemic. We also wish to build on the potential positives of a transformed society and encourage policy makers and employers to focus on what is currently being implemented, and to identify which measures could be used to create a bedrock of policies and practices that would offer robust and effective support to family carers. It is hoped that family carers will receive greater recognition for the significant role they play in society, providing essential care and alleviating the strain on health and social care systems, both during and post the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…Considering gender, we see that employment among men (79 per cent) is higher than among women (68 per cent). This difference is also statistically significant; it could stem from the care obligations placed on women, especially women with children, although we do not consider this explicitly (Russell et al, 2019a;Privalko et al, 2019a;Grotti et al, 2019a;Cooke, 2014).…”

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confidence: 91%

Monitoring decent work in Ireland

McGinnity¹,

Russell²,

Privalko³

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The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission ('IHREC') believes that the advancement of socioeconomic rights plays a fundamental role in the creation of a more just, inclusive and sustainable society. It is vital that we understand the current state of these rights for everyone living in Ireland as well as for particular groups; and that we are able to monitor progression -and regression -of these rights. By providing a baseline measurement framework across key dimensions of employment, Monitoring Decent Work in Ireland represents an important contribution to the evidence base on the right to decent work in today's Ireland.

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Caring and unpaid work in Ireland

Cited by 24 publications

References 41 publications

The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for policy in relation to children and young people: a research review

The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for policy in relation to children and young people: a research review

The invisible workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic: Family carers at the frontline

Monitoring decent work in Ireland

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