Traduction de «Régime de travail de rechange » (Français → Anglais) :

· Continue modernising labour markets by simplifying employment legislation and developing flexible working arrangements, including short-time working arrangements.[71]

Emphasises that the family is a cornerstone of our society and is inherently associated with the transmission of values and with cooperation in a spirit of solidarity; underlines that introducing flexible working hours and providing teleworking opportunities, as well as extending child care and professionalising home help for the elderly, represent an important step towards making it possible to combine work and family life and to enhance equal participation of women and men in the labour market and in education and training; regrets the fact that the lack of adequate leave schemes, parental leave schemes and flexible working arrangeme ...[+++]nts for both parents often prevents women from participating actively in the labour market or from working full time; considers that this also requires a change in corporate cultures with regard to the appointment and employment of women; calls therefore on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to prevent cuts in benefits or social services in the field of childcare, care of the elderly and vulnerable people as a result of the economic and financial crisis;

Working life is also becoming more complex as working patterns become more irregular and a number of transitions need to be accounted for, including between jobs, between different working status, and between work and training, career breaks and care periods.

At work, the complexity of work organisation, the increase in the types of task that employees are called upon to carry out, the introduction of flexible work patterns and of team working methods, mean that employees need skills beyond the purely technical in a way that their predecessors did not.

At work, the complexity of work organisation, the increase in the types of task that employees are called upon to carry out, the introduction of flexible work patterns and of team working methods, mean that employees need skills beyond the purely technical in a way that their predecessors did not.

To calculate this, two reference periods are indicated: the figure is based either on a weekly average, which will be the normal practice, or on a reference period laid down by law or by collective bargaining, in the latter case when a system of flexible working hours has been adopted.