In-company childcare facilities, a daycare mother or teleworking: these are just some of the possibilities for staff and employers to make work-family balance a reality in everyday working life.
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One thing that cannot escape anyone's notice is how much has been achieved over the past few years in balancing careers and family life. This can be seen, for example, in the increase in childcare facilities. Some time ago it was difficult for mothers with small children in particular to go out to work - unless the extended family (mostly in the shape of a grandmother) helped out with looking after the children. Nowadays many employers - including Münster University - make life easier for their staff by helping them to find places at childcare facilities, for example, or by running such facilities themselves. In everyday life, though, one thing becomes apparent again and again: the balancing act between career and family life is not that easy - either for staff or for employers. Here are two examples of the barriers that still have to be overcome: First example: childcare. Since the legal entitlement to childcare for one-year-old children was introduced in 2013, everything has been simple - at least in theory.
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