People have different facets throughout our lives: family, work and personal (leisure and free time, personal development ...). Finding the balance between all these facets leads us to talk about the concept of conciliation. The Reconciliation of work, family and personal life It is a real need in our society. An issue that promotes true equality between men and women and contributes to improving the quality of life of people.
In this sense, a healthy organization has schedule flexibility policies and programs in the face of different situations or situations such as the care of the children, of the parents or of chronic illnesses of the worker or their family members that allow a better coexistence between professional and personal responsibilities. But, In what situation is the Canary Islands? Did the canaries reconcile our personal life with the work life? What means do the Canarian companies have to achieve it?
A survey specifically designed by Másfamilia Foundation and the Social Responsibility Commission of Charter100Tenerife, has revealed interesting data on the current situation of the Canary Islands. The surveys have been answered fundamentally by women who occupy the positions of CEO / Administrator / owner or have managerial or technical profiles in the areas of people / HR / Training and Development.
In this sense, the study shows that the Canarian companies have a good predisposition to install conciliation policies for their workers, counting on a percentage of 88% of organizations that claim to have solid reconciliation models. However, when it is specifically asked if the conciliation is formally and documentally included in key aspects of people management, the percentages are less significant: An 46% recognizes that it has not yet implemented an objective management model, as opposed to the address based on the presence and / or count of hours.
The balanced presence of men and women in the management bodies in Canary Islands is still a pending issue.
A large majority, specifically the 85%, recognizes that the behavior of its managers is balanced with respect to their conciliation decisions.
The balanced presence of men and women in the management bodies in Canary Islands is still a pending issue.
Another important issue that shows a clear inequality is the wage gap existing in Canary Islands that reached last year 14,8% with differences of 18,93 percent in Industry and 15,2 percent in the Services sector. An even more striking fact that undoubtedly interferes with the conciliation is that in Canarias there are 134.000 women with part-time jobs. This supposes the 52 percent of this type of contract. In addition, the incredible percentage of 82,2% of unemployed people who "choose" to be in this situation for caring for children under 14 are women. Therefore, beyond the existence of a more or less extensive number of measures, in terms of conciliation management, the real performance of conciliation measures by companies is fundamental and can be improved greatly.
the 82,2% of unemployed people who "choose" to be in this situation to take care of children under 14 are women
The study concludes that there are differences in the use of measures by men and women. What does this mean? What women continue to fulfill in general the role of family care. Question that affects them without a doubt to their labor situation, in the adaptations and in the inevitable reductions of day.
In relation to the management of the conciliation, the study criticizes the "systematic lack of work", the absence of indicators to measure results, and the lack of responsible for conciliation in the Canary archipelago. In Spain, only 20% of management positions are occupied by women, and only the 28,8 percent of researchers are women. It is a social responsibility to analyze what is happening and achieve a more just and egalitarian society.