Room for improvement | Europe's best countries for work-life balance revealed, where is the UK?

The UK is falling behind its European neighbours when it comes to the quality of work-life balance, a new study has suggested.

Global hiring specialists Remote ranked the nation 27th out of 30 in its 2022 European Life-Work Index.

“Life-work balance”, as Remote has coined it, is an evolving definition, designed to challenge and change the way we juggle our personal lives and “put life first”.

The study gave each country a score out of 100 and considered factors such as minimum wage, maternity leave, statutory annual leave, sick pay, the country's healthcare system and the country’s overall happiness level to help workers determine the best locations for life-work balance.