Distansarbete har blivit nya normala under Covid-19-pandemin. Alla som kan arbeta hemifrån uppmanas att göra det för att förhindra smittspridning på arbetsplatser. Omställningen har påverkat balansen mellan betalt arbete och privatliv, då gränsen inte blir lika tydlig vid distansarbete. Rapportens syfte är att förklara hur medarbetarens balans påverkats av omställningen till distansarbete genom olika variabler. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten härstammar från tidigare forskning med avseende på distansarbete samt balans mellan arbetsliv och privatliv. Teorin som applicerats i rapporten är gränsteorin. Tolkningen av teorin innebär att skapa distinkta skiljelinjer mellan arbete och vardag för att kunna prioritera i livet och skapa välbefinnande. Genom att tillämpa en deduktiv orientering och kvantitativ forskningsansats har de utvalda variablernas påverkan på balansen kunnat studeras ur ett medarbetarperspektiv. Den empiriska undersökningen har implementeras på bekvämlighetsurvalet via en enkätundersökning. Resultatet för undersökningen påvisar förbättrad balans till privatlivet genom ökat distansarbete. Analys och slutsats lyfter variablerna explicita inverkan på balansen och genererar därmed värdefullt bidrag till praktiker samt framtida forskningsinriktningar. / Remote work has become a new normal during the Covid-19-pandemic to prevent spread of the infection. All who can work from home had to face new challenges when the border between work-life balance interrupts. The purpose of this article is to investigate and explain how the balance has changed due to the transition through specific variables retrieved from previous research. The theoretical framework is based on previous research regarding work-life balance. The theory applied to the study is the border theory, which in this article is interpreted by establishing distinct borderlines between work and personal life. This is important to be ableto prioritize and create balance in life. By applying a deductive orientation and quantitative research approach to be able to study the impact of the selected variables on the balance from an employee's perspective. The empirical study is implemented on the convenience sample via a survey, where the results show improved balance to personal life increased by remote work. Analyzes and conclusions highlight the variables explicit impact on the work-life balance, generate valuable contributions to practitioners and future research orientations.

The Swedish teaching profession includes a form of employment, ferietjänst, which can be seen as a flexible employment. This is because the employment includes trust working hours which the teacher can place as they wish, when and where they want. The teachers also have time off on students' leave, there fore they have fewer days to use their working hours, which means that they have more working hours per month. Previous studies show how teachers have an increased workload. Flexible employment allows the possibility to work from home which can also facilitate individuals' demands from work. However, previous research shows that women tend to take on more housework when they have a flexible employment. Mean while men tend to increase their workload. This can be seen as a threat to gender equality that is shown to be increasing, especially in Sweden. The purpose of this study is to investigate how female and male high school teachers' experience boundaries and balance between work and private life based on their flexible form of employment. The study was carried out using a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews. Using theories about profession, work life balance, permeability, blending, social role theory of gender differences and similarities helped to understand and interpret the result. The result showed that the form of employment offers the respondents an opportunity to be flexible, which results in, among other things, working from home. The male respondents use the strategy of finishing as much work as possible at school so they don't have to work evenings and weekends from home. They also describe how they take on several different roles in their profession, such as a psychologist and a mediator. The female respondents spend most of their trust working hours from home. Here they are limited in the ability to set physical boundaries. This can result in combining housework with work. They also tend to take on a caring role in their work.