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During 2020 we have endured a long-lasting pandemic which has made an impact on daily life. The worklife could perhaps be the most affected area since a large portion of people have been forced to work from home. This could in turn lead to a troublesome relationship between the roles of private life and worklife, in other words an increase of work-life balance conflicts. This study aims to examine the consequences of telecommuting and the conditions required to achieve work-life balance. To conduct this study a qualitative method was used where ten parents of young children were interviewed. Earlier research performed on telecommuting has shown mixed results where various studies show either positive or negative outcomes. Our results show a mix of both positive and negative results depending on whether work-life balance is achieved or not. Different factors play a role in achieving work-life balance. Things such as personality, the stability of relationship and the characteristics of work play key roles in the outcome of telecommuting. The result shows that 2/10 did not achieve work-life balance, resulting in role conflict. However, 8/10 did achieve a balance between the roles where we argue for a symbiotic relationship. Most participants found telecommuting to be positive where participants value being able to spend more time with their families. Our results are in line with both the negative and positive findings of previous research. This contributes further to the uncertain results suggesting that more research is needed.

På grund av uppmaning från EU-kommissionen tillfördes nya bestämmelser i Arbetstidslagen (1982:673) för att anpassas de skyddsregler som finns om minsta dygnsvila i EU:s arbetstidsdirektiv är att en fastställd viloperiod kan påverka sjukvårdspersonalens stress inför att nå sömn efter ett kvällspass positivt. Däremot visar det sig att bestämmelsen om elva timmars dygnsvila inte är en garanti för att sjukvårdspersonalens återhämtning ökar. Sjukvårdspersonalen upplever att bestämmelsen om elva timmars dygnsvila har skapat förändringar som orsakat ökad stress, ökad arbetsbelastning, brist på återhämtning och sämre balans mellan deras arbets- och privatliv. Det är därav möjligt att se lagen kunna ge upphov till likvärdiga hälsorisker som den syftar att förebygga. Reglerna av bestämmelsen påverkar sjukvårdspersonalen möjlighet att fylla deras privatliv med meningsfulla saker samt nå återhämtning. Till förs resonemang om att det inte är få timmar mellan arbetspassen som upplevs vara den största påverkan för deras återhämtning, utan att det är bristande flexibilitet och fler antal arbetspass i följd. Avslutningsvis framförs en sammanfattande diskussion av studiens resultat följt av förslag på framtida forskning

The ideas of Richard Sennett in his most influential book The Fall of Public Man from 1974 are many, but the main point is that the resolution of the lines between the public life and the private life has affected society, the democracy and individuals in a negative way. The main point of this essay is to understand the nature of Sennet’s thinking, ideas and philosophy and how they are connected. I am focusing on the true nature of the way he is formulating the issues and conflicts he is dealing with. Even though Sennett is a very influential thinker, very few people actually have analyzed his works, especially The Fall of Public Man. “Res publica” is the Roman expression of the bigger responsibility each citizen has in a society that goes beyond themselves. This is when you are a part of something bigger than yourself, your friends and your family, you are a part of a close connected community and society. You are not strangers to each other, you are all one. This is exactly the type of society that sociology professor of London School of Economics Richard Sennett means has gone away. Richard Sennett is often described as a person standing on the left on the political scale when it comes to economics and at the same time culturally conservative. The result of this essay shows that Richard Sennett blames industrial capitalism, secularism and urban planning for the new modern society when the distinction between public life and private life has gone away. This is the new kind of society in the western world where people shifted focus from an extrovert personality to an introvert one, a world where we are trapped in our own minds instead of stepping out of it and actually living in it. Many times, the sociology professor goes back to the mid 18th century to understand the thriving public life in Paris and London. My theoretical perspective is based upon Collingwoods thoughts about question and answer which you need to understand the question in order to understand the thinker's answer. You could call Sennett either a nostalgic or a very sharp critic of the modern world, it all depends on how much you resonate and believe in his ideas.