Families, care-giving and paid work :  challenging labour law in the 21st century / 
edited by Nicole Busby, Grace James. 
 - Cheltenham, UK :  Edward Elgar,  c2011. 
 - xii, 231 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-225) and index. 
<br/><br/>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 Therese Callus -- Unpaid care-giving and paid work within a rights framework : towards reconciliation? / Nicole Busby. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849802628 (hbk. : alk. paper)  RM310.95 1849802629 (hbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Labor laws and legislation.<br/>Work and family--Government policy.<br/>Caregivers--Legal status, laws, etc.<br/>Work-life balance.