| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Reconciling employment and family care-giving : a gender analysis of current challenges and future directions for UK policy / Suzi Macpherson -- Atypical working in Europe and the impact on work-family reconciliation / Clare Lyonette -- Is there a fundamental right to reconcile work and family life in the EU? / Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella -- The rights and realities of balancing work and family life in New Zealand / Annick Masselot -- Law's response to the reconciliation of work and care : the Australian case / Sara Charlesworth -- Parental leave rights in Italy : reconciling gender ideologies with the demands of Europeanization / Roberta Guerrina -- Comparative lessons on work-family conflict : Swedish parental leave versus American parental leave / Michelle Weldon-Johns -- Care-giving and reasonable adjustment in the UK / Rachel Horton -- Reconciling care-giving and work in Ireland : the contribution of protection against family status discrimination / Olivia Smith -- Child welfare and work-family reconciliation policies : lessons from family law / Grace James and Thérèse Callus -- Unpaid care-giving and paid work within a rights framework : towards reconciliation? / Nicole Busby |
| Summary |
"This unique selection of chapters brings together researchers from a variety of academic disciplines to explore aspects of law's engagement with working families. It connects academic debate with policy proposals through an integrated set of approaches and perspectives." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-225) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from title screen (Elgaronline, viewed on February 7, 2023) |
| Subject |
Labor laws and legislation.
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Work and family.
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Family leave
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Domestic relations.
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LAW -- Labor & Employment.
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Law.
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Parental leave
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Domestic relations
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Labor laws and legislation.
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Work and family.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Busby, Nicole, editor.
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James, Grace, 1972- editor.
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| LC no. |
2011932862 |
| ISBN |
9781849806053 |
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1849806055 |
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