Sue Yeandle, Andrea Wigfield, Rosemary Crompton

Employed Carers and Family-Friendly Employment Policies

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Produktbeschreibung

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 in the UK. The research illustrates individual experiences of family-friendly employment policies in similar workplaces in two contrasting localities: East Kent and South Yorkshire. It also looks at workplace experiences in the context of the local services available to support employees with caring responsibilities. The report, published in association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, will be of interest to human resources managers, trade unions, policymakers in government, employers' organizations, and to researchers and social scientists interested in the relationship between work and family life. It gives new insight into the b

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Produktdetails

• Family and Work
• Verlag: Bristol University Press
• Seitenzahl: 44
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2002
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9781861344809
• ISBN-10: 1861344805
• Artikelnr.: 24988859

Autorenporträt

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, London Jane Dennett was formerly a researcher at City University.