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Achieving a healthy work-life balance, where personal obligations, leisure time and work can be fit to complement each other, is still a worldwide challenge. However, Nordic countries regularly take the top places in this area.
The most recent European study found that Nordic welfare state regimes report the highest levels of personal well-being linked with work-life balance and have the weakest link between stress and health, unlike Southern or Liberal systems. The underlying model incorporates flexibility and security (known in Denmark as ‘flexicurity’) to highlight Denmark’s labour policies.
Nordic countries encourage shorter, flexible working hours. For example, Denmark has 37 hours per week of standard work, with Finland claiming less than 7.4 daily average hours, which is well below that of many western countries.
Sweden offers 480 days of leave, which includes “vab” sick child care leave, 80% of salary for up to 120 days annually. Norway and Iceland have similar models with earmarked quotas encouraging equally shared parental leave.
Strong social safety nets (subsidised child care, universal healthcare and education) reduce financial stress and allow for potential time in life. More gender equality removes burdens and makes it easier to share parental responsibilities.
In a Nordic work culture it is key to have candid conversations about mental health and to have strong employee wellbeing programmes. A healthy mind equals a productive mind and leads to happier lives.
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