Employed carers and family-friendly employment policies
- Author/Editor(s):
- Sue Yeandle, Andrea Wigfield, Rosemary Crompton, Jane Dennett
- Format:
- Paperback , 44 pages , 297 x 210 mm
- ISBN
- 9781861344809
- Published:
- 25 Sep 2002
- Series:
- Family and Work series
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About This Book
Employers are placing increasing significance on human resources policies designed to enable their employees to achieve an improved work-life balance. This report outlines how employees and managers in three sectors - banking, grocery retail and local authorities - have experienced the 'family-friendly employment' options available in their place of work. The report presents key findings in relation to:
• how aware employees are of the family-friendly policies of their employers; • what links, if any, employers have with local care service providers; • how well managers understand the policies; • what barriers there are to implementation of family-friendly policies.Author Biography
Sue Yeandle is Professor of Sociology in the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University.Andrea Wigfield is currently researching employment issues at the University of Sheffield.Rosemary Crompton is Professor of Sociology at City University, LondonJane Dennett was formerly a researcher at City University.Contents
Introduction and background
Caring and employment in two localities
Employers and family-friendly employment policies
Caring and the experiences of employees
Infrastructures of care support and examples of good practice
Conclusions.
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