Work, family and the law

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Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Jill Murray
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): Australia
Publication Information: Annandale, NSW [Australia] : Federation Press, 2005
Type: Book
Other titles: Law in context (Bundoora, Vic.)
Permalink: http://books.lawlegal.eu/work-family-and-the-law/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

222 pages ; 24 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Work, family and the law is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: editor, Jill Murray.
Publication Date: 2005
Country/State: Australia
Number of Editions: 2 editions
First edition Date: 2005
Last edition Date: 2005
General Notes: Special edition of: Law in context, v. 23, no. 1, 2005.
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KKW920
Dewey Code: 344.94
ISBN: 1862875952 9781862875951
OCLC: 62790601

Main Contents

Indirect discrimination and the worker-carer : its not just working / K. Lee Adams
Parental leave in Australia : the role of the industrial relations system / Marian Baird
Challenging the constitution of the (white and straight) family in work and family scholarship / Anna Chapman
Managing work and family in the 'shadow' of anti-discrimination law / Sara Charlesworth
The role of work/family discourse in strengthening traditional working time laws : some lessons from the on-call work debate / Dierdre McCann
Rethinking place of work : federal labour law framework for contemporary home-based work and its prospects in Australia / Marilyn J. Pittard
Contracting for work/family balance / Joellen Riley
Reconstructing the heteronormative worker or queering a jurisprudence of labour : a case study of family and personal/carer's leave in Australian labour law / Marc Trabsky.

Summary Note

Simultaneous participation in paid work and family life is the 'barbecue stopper' question of 2005, as Prime Minister Howard termed it recently. This title presents a special issue Volume 23 No 1 of the journal Law in Context. '''

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If you wish to locate similar books to “Work, family and the law”, they can be found under the 344.94 in a public library, and the Library of Congress call numbers starting with KKW920 in most university libraries. If you wish to look up similar titles to “Work, family and the law” in an on-line library catalog, the official Library of Congress Subject Headings under which they can be found are:

Australia
Gays–Employment–Law and legislation
Labor laws and legislation
Leave of absence–Law and legislation
Parental leave–Law and legislation
Telecommuting–Law and legislation
Work and family