Flexible work trends rising in Croatia

Instead of a strictly prescribed schedule, an increasing number of employees in Croatia are choosing flexible working hours, remote work and adaptable arrangements in which they themselves determine when and from where they will work.

According to a survey published by the MojPosao job search portal, in Croatia 66% of men and 60%of women use some form of flexible work, such as flexible start and finish times, working from home, or choosing the beginning and end of the working day, CE Report quotes HINA.

The survey on flexible work trends was carried out on more than 300 respondents by Alma Career Croatia and CESI, the Centre for Education, Counselling and Research.

It showed that 50% of men and 52% of women employed in Croatia still work the traditional eight-hour day. However, men are more likely to extend their working day: 41% work longer than eight hours, compared with 37% of women.

On the other hand, women somewhat more often work fewer hours than the usual full-time schedule, which was confirmed by 11% of female respondents, compared with 9% of men. These patterns may indicate different working habits, but also differing family or professional obligations, the report notes.

The results also show that 66% of men and 60% of women use some form of flexible work,

Although flexible forms of work are becoming increasingly common, the survey shows that men and women do not use the same models of flexibility.

For women, the most important forms of flexibility are those that make it easier to balance work and private responsibilities. The most popular among them are flexible start and finish times, used by 42% of women compared with 34% of men. The same applies to remote work -- one third of women work from home at least part of the time, while only a quarter of men do so.

Men, on the other hand, more often use flexible models that give them greater autonomy during the day. Almost one fifth of them work without a strictly defined working schedule and focus solely on tasks and deadlines, whereas this approach is much rarer among women, who use it in only 7% of cases.

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