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wEllbEINg aT WORK<br />
FlEXIbIlITy IN wORk<br />
There are times in people's working careers when the balance between work and<br />
private life has to be reconciled. Maternity and paternity leaves, child-care leaves,<br />
study leaves and job alternation leaves become familiar to many employees.<br />
some <strong>Kesko</strong> employees describe how<br />
they reconcile work and leisure:<br />
Taija has been translating <strong>Kesko</strong>'s<br />
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documents into and from English for<br />
36 years, and since August 2010 as a parttime<br />
pensioner.<br />
“I work for three days a week and have<br />
two days off. My work as a translator<br />
is busy when financial statements<br />
and annual publications, for example,<br />
come out. Being a part-time pensioner<br />
provides me with some flexibility: I can<br />
occasionally work more and postpone<br />
some days off. Now, I've got more time<br />
for my leisure interests, such as physical<br />
exercise and studying Italian. And it<br />
also gives me energy for the last years<br />
at work!”<br />
part-time pension<br />
Taija Mäentaka<br />
Translator, <strong>Kesko</strong> Corporation<br />
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<strong>Kesko</strong> Corporate Responsibility Report 2011<br />
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anu was responsible for the home<br />
textiles department at K-citymarket<br />
Jumbo until the summer 2011. In the autumn,<br />
when her firstborn started school,<br />
Anu took her job alternation leave. The<br />
little schoolgirl had support for her days<br />
during the autumn, while her five-yearold<br />
sister could enjoy her mother's company.<br />
Anu herself had time for physical<br />
exercise, handicrafts and meeting her<br />
friends.<br />
“I started my study leave at the end of<br />
2011, right after my job alternation<br />
leave. The plan is that after two years I<br />
will have completed my studies and I'll<br />
be a qualified interior decorator. Both<br />
of the periods of leaves have been very<br />
important for me. Such an investment<br />
in my family, developing myself and<br />
my wellbeing cannot be measured by<br />
money alone.”<br />
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study leave, job alternation leave<br />
anu Roehr<br />
Sales Assistant<br />
K-citymarket Jumbo, Vantaa<br />
For Jarkko, who works as a real<br />
estate manager, taking paternity<br />
leave following the birth of his first child<br />
went without saying. Jarkko was pleased<br />
to notice that his boss was most encouraging.<br />
“I took paternity leave of 11 days right<br />
after our daughter was born and will<br />
take the remaining seven days later<br />
in the spring. My paternity leave was<br />
very significant for my family as you<br />
can never get back the first moments<br />
of a newborn child's life. I will have my<br />
paternity month possibly when my<br />
daughter is about one year. And, of<br />
course, I will take my turn and care for<br />
her if she is sick, if needed, later when<br />
she goes to nursery.”<br />
paternity leave<br />
Jarkko Hanninen<br />
Real Estate Manager, <strong>Kesko</strong> Food Ltd<br />
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