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We aim to assess impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on work-life balance(WLB) and, as a result, contribute to the Portuguese legal system. During COVID-19 pandemic, the Portuguese Government ruled for labour reorganisation with compulsory home teleworking (Dec-Law no. 79-A/2020), with implications on personal and professional dynamics. It is urgent to know the impacts on family/cohabitation dynamics, looking at gender differences and the impacts on gender equality(GE). Main repercussions reported were: increase fatigue and stress levels by women; higher levels of work-family conflict, stress and fatigue for people in telework with care responsibilities(e.g.Belzunegui-Eraso & Erro-Garcés, 2020;Moço, Lopes, & Soares, 2020;Raisiene et al,2020). For ILO (2020) telework is part of our reality and will remain, so, as corroborated by Eurofound2020, it is crucial to promote workers’ well-being. Four, gender mainstreamed and, interconnected phases will occur: 1)Research and Systematization of State of the Art (inter/national) on the pandemic impacts in WLB (focusing telework); 2)Empirical Study on experiences of conciliation of telework with cohabitational/family context; 3)Public Policy Proposals Production, with focus on legislation and organizational practices of telework as a tool for GE; 4)White Paper Conclusion with critical integration of outcomes.
Relevance of this project includes: ENIND2018-2030, contributing to the PAIMH, aiming to assess/intervene at labour market level to combat sex/gender discrimination, and to contribute to a full and equal participation of women and men by promoting WLB measures; PAOIEC, by including diverse cohabitation/family constellations (e.g.LGBTIQA+ people) and experiences into account; Conciliation and Gender Equality Programme and EEA Financial Mechanism2014-2021, specifically, the Work-life balance area of a)innovation, research, education and competitiveness sector.