Review article

https://doi.org/10.31306/s.63.3.3

Private and professional life of female employees and their efects on mental health and the right to maternity leave

Jasmina Bešlagić ; Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Bihaću, Bihać, BiH
Azra Bakrač ; Biotehnički fakultet Univerziteta u Bihaću, Bihać, BiH
Atif Hodžić ; Tehnički fakultet Univerziteta u Bihaću, Bihać, BiH
Esad Bajramović ; Tehnički fakultet Univerziteta u Bihaću, Bihać, BiH

Abstract

Bringing into harmony the private life, above all motherhood, care of children, home, and numerous other obligations, and professional life which includes education, employment, further training and dedication to work, pose extremely complex demands on employed women. Women today are doubly or triply burdened. Often they are faced with a choice between private and professional life and challenges that are not typical for men. Some of the consequences are that women take a minimum maternity leave and then have to delegate the care for children, family and home to other persons or to institutions just to keep their job, have time for professional development and achieve promotion at work. The constant pressures both in their private and professional life may lead to certain disorders and conditions that can affect their mental health. The current legislature in Bosnia and Herzegovina offer minimum of rights, quite insufficient for attaining a satisfactory balance between private and professional life of employed women.

Keywords

private life, professional life, women workers, mental health, maternity leave, legislature in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hrčak ID:

263125

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/263125

Publication date:

4.10.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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