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RSS FeedsHow Stockholm became the city of work-life balance | Richard Orange
(The Guardian Sweden)

 
 

22 may 2019 07:39:22

 
How Stockholm became the city of work-life balance | Richard Orange
(The Guardian Sweden)
 


With flexible hours the norm, and almost two years´ parental leave for every child, Sweden´s capital boasts a happy and efficient workforce. What can other cities learn?It is 3.30pm, and the first workers begin to trickle out of the curved glass headquarters of the Stockholm IT giant Ericsson.John Langared, a 30-year-old programmer, is hurrying to pick up his daughter from school. He has her at home every other week, so tends to alternate short hours one week with long hours the next.I handle my time any way I want. They just rely on me to do the workAs a series of crises puts Europe under strain, some cities are fighting back with innovative solutions. From hyper-specialist shops beating the online threat in Berlin to the Bulgarian city reversing the country`s brain drain, from the Italian city finding new ways to tackle addiction to gambling to the Swedish town that has found innovative ways to combat extremism, we look at what European cities are doing to live better in our increasingly urban world. Related: The `masculine mystique` - why men can`t ditch the baggage of being a bloke Related: The costs of childcare: how Britain compares with Sweden Continue reading...


 
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