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1 online resource |
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Law, society, policy |
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Law, society, policy
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| Contents |
Front Cover -- Title page -- Series -- Women, Precarious Work and Care: The Failure of Family-Friendly Rights -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editor's Preface -- One Introduction -- Family-friendly rights and precarious workers -- What this book argues -- What can we do? -- Two Starting and Surviving in Precarious Work -- Starting precarious work -- Zero-hours and agency workers -- Workers on temporary contracts -- Workers on low-hours permanent contracts -- Multiple contracts -- Structural discrimination |
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Surviving in precarious work -- Pay -- Low pay -- Hidden low pay -- Paying to work -- Making ends meet -- Housing -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Three Providing Care: Daily Routines and Experiences -- Types of care -- Daily routines -- Getting up early -- Little "wiggle room" between activities -- Going without sleep -- Transport -- Moving between residences -- Scheduling -- What women felt about care -- Mothers and role models -- Worrying while at work -- Guilt -- Being pulled away from children by work -- Witnessing decline -- Effects of work and care on social life -- Feeling overwhelmed |
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Conclusion -- Key points -- Four Care Networks -- People involved in care networks -- Single parents -- Partners or ex-partners -- Adult children -- Parents -- Siblings -- Friends -- Family or friends not nearby -- Strategies in care networks -- Care networks involving nurseries, schools and adult care providers -- Nurseries and childcare -- Schools -- School holidays -- Adult care providers -- Care homes -- Care strategies with nurseries, schools and adult care providers -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Five "Rocking the Boat": Talking about Care in a Precarious Job |
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How interviewees felt about work -- Interviewees enjoyed their work -- "Second-class citizens" -- Coping with job uncertainty -- Last-minute shifts -- Communicating with employers about care -- "Care-fog" -- Fear of "rocking the boat" -- Feeling confident -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Six How Employers Responded -- Negative environments and responses -- Generally inflexible -- Structural discrimination -- Demotion, disciplinaries and dismissals -- Positive responses -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Seven What Women Did Next -- Finding out about employment rights -- Contracts and bargaining power |
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Zero-hours workers -- Workers on temporary contracts and agency workers -- Workers on low-hours permanent contracts -- Multiple contracts -- What women did next -- Less bargaining power -- Absorbing the stress and going into work -- Taking sick leave -- Deciding not to draw on rights or widespread 'good practice' -- Leave the job -- More bargaining power -- Bringing children to work -- Refraining from sick leave -- Dropping hours -- Asserting "needs of the carer or family" -- Asserting legal rights -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Eight Care-Friendly Rights for Precarious Workers |
| Summary |
Drawing on interviews with women in precarious work, this text explores the everyday problems they face balancing work and care responsibilities. This crucial book exposes the failures of family-friendly rights and explains how to grant these women effective rights in the wake of COVID-19 |
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Women -- Employment.
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Women's rights.
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Employee rights.
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Temporary employment.
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Part-time employment.
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Women caregivers.
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Electronic books.
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Women's Rights
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Caregivers
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e-books.
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LAW / Labor & Employment.
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Electronic books
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Employee rights
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Part-time employment
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Temporary employment
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Women caregivers
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Women -- Employment
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Women's rights
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
152921873X |
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9781529218732 |
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9781529218725 |
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1529218721 |
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