Exploring pregnancy, parenting, and employment in the twenty-first century -- The scope and nature of pregnancy-parenting/workplace conflicts -- Legislation and policy: promoting good pregnancy-parenting/workplace relationships? -- Tribunals' approaches to pregnancy-parenting/workplace conflicts -- Pregnancy-parenting/workplace conflicts and tribunal procedures -- Challenging and reforming pregnancy-parenting/workplace regulation
Summary
This theoretically informed book deconstructs the legal regulation of pregnancy and parenting in the labour market, and asks why, despite policy ambitions and ample legislation, law is failing to protect pregnant workers and parents from detrimental treatment in the labour market