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Russell, G. "Workers with Family Responsibilities Adopting a Wider Family Outlook." Australian Journal on Ageing 13, no. 4 (November 1994): 161–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.1994.tb00661.x.
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Wolcott, Ilene. "Between Tradition and Transition: Workers With Family Responsibilities." Australian Journal of Social Issues 25, no. 4 (November 1990): 290–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1839-4655.1990.tb01007.x.
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Barber, James G. "Australian industrial relations policy and workers with family responsibilities." Community, Work & Family 7, no. 3 (December 1, 2004): 275–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1366880042000295718.
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Balnožan, Kristina. "Special protections against employment termination for workers with family responsibilities." Glasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine 93, no. 1 (2021): 147–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/gakv93-28182.
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Loss of employment is one of the most stressful life events for everyone, especially for those with families. An employed mother - and increasingly a father - have family responsibilities towards their children, and these duties are often taken on, due to the decomposition of the family unit, by so-called single parents. Family responsibilities towards children are not, however, the only ones: one important segment of the responsibilities of the working-age population is the care for elderly and/or sick relatives and/or spouses. In this paper, it will be demonstrated that employees with family responsibilities are not a unique legal category. Family responsibilities must not, as such, constitute a valid reason for the termination of employment. The research below, therefore, seeks to present special protections against the termination of employment contracts of different categories of employees with obligations toward children, and to check whether and in what way such protections are provided to employees with obligations to other family members, since special protections against the termination of the employment contracts is explicitly guaranteed in Serbian law to the employees only during pregnancy and absence from work due to special/child care. In this regard, international standards relevant to the subject of the research are considered, as well as certain foreign systems that differently take into account the family situation of employees, using primarily the normative, comparative law method.
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Welsh, Dianne H. B., and David Rawlings. "Owens sawmill: A family business facing a social responsibility dilemma." New England Journal of Entrepreneurship 10, no. 1 (March 1, 2007): 25–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/neje-10-01-2007-b002.
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This is a real case involving an SME that produces southern hardwood finished lumber. The family business faces a social responsibility dilemma in terms of displaced workers and limited job opportunities in the surrounding labor market if they purchase a new saw that would modernize production, improve profitability, and eliminate 50 percent of their labor costs.The most logical employment for these workers would be a cutter, loader, or hauler of logs, which have been determined to be some of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. This case requires students to examine the decision-making process of a modest family business in a small, cohesive community and the ramifications of these decisions, as well as issues concerning technology and production improvements, displaced workers, social responsibilities, and the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees.
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Armenia, Amy B. "More Than Motherhood." Journal of Family Issues 30, no. 4 (September 17, 2008): 554–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x08324379.
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This article examines motivations for entering family day care work as they relate to responsibilities of motherhood and the prominence of these motivations for the women providing day care within and across groups of workers. Using data from a large-scale representative survey of family day care workers in Illinois, the author examines the range of reasons for job entry. The author also uses cluster analysis to categorize workers by the common patterns of these reasons and uses demographic, family, and work characteristics to predict membership in these categories. The finding is that the majority of family day care workers are trying to meet a broad range of mothering responsibilities—including economic provision and commitments to kith, kin, and community—rather than focusing only on physical and emotional care of their own children. Furthermore, these differences vary strongly by race.
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O’Connor, Lindsey Trimble, and Erin A. Cech. "Not Just a Mothers’ Problem: The Consequences of Perceived Workplace Flexibility Bias for All Workers." Sociological Perspectives 61, no. 5 (April 13, 2018): 808–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0731121418768235.
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Flexibility bias and the “ideal worker” norm pose serious disadvantages for working mothers. But, are mothers the only ones harmed by these norms? We argue that these norms can be harmful for all workers, even “ideal” ones—men without caregiving responsibilities who have never used flexible work arrangements. We investigate how working in an environment where workers perceive flexibility bias affects their job attitudes and work-life spillover. Using representative survey data of U.S. workers, we find that perceived flexibility bias reduces job satisfaction and engagement and increases turnover intentions and work-life spillover for all types of workers, even ideal workers. The effects of perceived bias on satisfaction, turnover, and spillover operate beyond experiences with family responsibilities discrimination and having colleagues who are unsupportive of work-life balance. We show that workplace cultures that harbor flexibility bias—and, by extension, that valorize ideal work—may affect the entire workforce in costly ways.
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Panari, Chiara, and Silvia Simbula. "Presenteeism “on the desk”." International Journal of Workplace Health Management 9, no. 1 (March 7, 2016): 84–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijwhm-11-2013-0047.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents and consequences of the phenomenon of presenteeism in the educational sector. Particularly, the authors tested the relationship between excessive work responsibilities, presenteeism, work-to-family conflict and workers’ emotional exhaustion. Design/methodology/approach – A self-report questionnaire was administered to 264 teachers in secondary schools. Findings – A subsequent mediation of presenteeism and work-to-family conflict between work responsibilities and emotional exhaustion was found. Originality/value – The findings of this study will provide help today’s organisations for better understanding and managing the new phenomenon of presenteeism in order to promote workers’ well-being and performance.
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Laci, Amarildo, Armela Maxhelaku, and Ilir Rusi. "Equality at Work and Discrimination in Employment and Occupation." Journal of Educational and Social Research 7, no. 2 (May 24, 2017): 67–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.5901/jesr.2017.v7n2p67.
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Abstract The aim of this paper is to give some general views on international labour standards, regarding equality of opportunity and treatment. It is important to mention that respecting freedom from discrimination, as a fundamental human right, places a great importance in guaranteeing other rights for workers. Equality standards applied by ILO provide methods which aim to fight against discrimination in society and in the workplace of the employers. One part of this paper is focused in analyzing the term “discrimination”, focusing in different forms that can occur at work, the target group which it can affect and measures that can be taken in order to provide equality at work. This paper analyses the scope and the obligations under ILO instruments, such as three fundamental conventions. One of the most important conventions is the convention concerning discrimination regarding occupation and employment, “Discrimination Employment and Occupation” Convention nr. 111. This fundamental convention represents discrimination as every different treatment which has effect on equality of creating same possibilities for everyone in occupation or employment. According to this legal act, it is mandatory the implementation of a national legislation which promotes equality of treatment and opportunity, regarding occupation and employment in general, designed to eliminate all types of different treatment in these fields. This paper is focused especially on analyzing the “Workers with Family Responsibilities” Convention, 1981, which refers to standards on equal treatment and opportunities for both women and men workers. “Workers with Family Responsibilities” Convention, applies to workers with such responsibilities, which restrict their possibilities to involve in an economic activity. The purpose is to provide an effective implementation of standards related to equality of treatment and opportunity for both women and men workers, in order to guarantee free choice of employment to help workers which have family responsibilities and to take into consideration their needs. Furthermore in this paper will be identified the methods that governments should apply, which aim to provide the application of the standard of equal compensation for workers, according to “Equal Remuneration” Convention, 1951 (No. 100).
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Doyle, M., and V. Timonen. "Obligations, Ambitions, Calculations: Migrant Care Workers' Negotiation of Work, Career, and Family Responsibilities." Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 17, no. 1 (February 4, 2010): 29–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxp026.
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Rodriguez, Guadalupe, Grisel Trejo, Elizabeth Schiemann, Sara A. Quandt, Stephanie S. Daniel, Joanne C. Sandberg, and Thomas A. Arcury. "Latina Workers in North Carolina: Work Organization, Domestic Responsibilities, Health, and Family Life." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 18, no. 3 (November 21, 2015): 687–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-015-0314-x.
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Gur, Ayelet, Leena Gnaeem-Badran, and Michael Ashley Stein. "The Role of Grandparents in Israeli Muslim Families with Intellectually Disabled Fathers: Social Workers’ Perspectives." Social Work 66, no. 2 (April 1, 2021): 139–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sw/swab006.
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Abstract Within Israeli Muslim society, men with intellectual disabilities are likely to marry nondisabled women through arranged marriages and create families. This article explores the role of grandparents with these families from the perspective of each family’s social worker. A thematic analysis was conducted of 19 semistructured interviews with Muslim social workers serving Muslim families with intellectually disabled fathers. Consistent with cultural norms, paternal grandparents are extremely involved in the lives of these couples and hold responsibilities in many aspects of these couples’ family lives. Social workers reported that the nondisabled wives, however, viewed the engagement as intrusive and controlling. Maternal grandparents’ contributions were crucially supportive, albeit limited by Muslim cultural norms that placed households under paternal family control. Social workers had conflicted feelings regarding paternal grandparent involvement. Social workers working with Muslim fathers with intellectual disabilities should promote supportive paternal grandparent involvement and ensure that such engagement does not undermine the autonomy or well-being of the nondisabled mothers. Practice guidelines are presented.
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Berg, Peter. "The Effects of High Performance Work Practices on Job Satisfaction in the United States Steel Industry." Articles 54, no. 1 (April 12, 2005): 111–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/051222ar.
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A unique data set is used to examine how different practices associated with high performance work Systems in the steel industry affect the job satisfaction of workers. While the effect of these practices on organizational performance is widely studied, few have examined their effects on workers. The analysis in this paper is based on data from a sample of 1,355 hourly workers in the U.S. steel industry across 13 plants. The results indicate that the effect of high performance work practices on job satisfaction dépends primarily on how work roles and job duties are defined, on good employee-management relations and on practices that help balance work and family responsibilities. These results show that those who are able to use their skills and knowledge on the job, those who report positive employée-management relations, and those who believe the company helps them balance work and family responsibilities have relatively high probabilities of being very satisfied with their jobs.
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O’Connor, Lindsey Trimble, and Julie A. Kmec. "Is It Discrimination, or Fair and Deserved? How Beliefs about Work, Family, and Gender Shape Recognition of Family Responsibilities Discrimination." Social Currents 7, no. 3 (January 26, 2020): 212–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2329496519897973.
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Why do some label employers’ actions discrimination, while others do not? We explore whether beliefs about work, family, and gender are associated with labeling an employer’s denial of a promotion because of parental leave-taking—an illegal form of family responsibilities discrimination—discriminatory. Data from 702 respondents who evaluated a fictitious transcript of a supervisor-employee conversation show that the stronger one’s beliefs that good workers prioritize work over family, that employers do not owe workers job security, and that men are best-suited to work and women to care-taking, the less discriminatory one finds the supervisor’s promotion denial. Mediation analyses reveal that these relationships are primarily due to the association between these beliefs about gender, work, and family and perceptions that the supervisor’s promotion denial is deserved and, to a lesser extent, fair. Findings hold net of respondent knowledge of discrimination law, gender, and caregiver status.
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Hirsh, C. Elizabeth, Christina Treleaven, and Sylvia Fuller. "Caregivers, Gender, and the Law: An Analysis of Family Responsibility Discrimination Case Outcomes." Gender & Society 34, no. 5 (August 20, 2020): 760–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891243220946335.
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As workers struggle to combine work and family responsibilities, discrimination against workers based on their status as caregivers is on the rise. Although both women and men feel the pinch, caregiver discrimination is particularly damaging for women, because care is intricately tied to gendered norms and expectations. In this article, we analyze caregiver discrimination cases resolved by Canadian Human Rights Tribunals from 1985 through 2016, to explore how work and caregiving clash. We identify issues involved in disputes and the ways gendered expectations about work–life facilitation inform disputes and outcomes. We find that although women are more likely to bring claims and obtain favorable outcomes, the legal interpretation of claims is highly gendered. Women bring claims involving both their presumed status as caregivers and the practical challenges of seeking accommodations for care, whereas men’s claims are largely accommodation based. In adjudicating cases, Tribunals are more likely to see women than men as lacking credibility when making their claims, questioning their competence and legitimacy. In contrast, men struggle to demonstrate the legal basis of work–family interference, failing to convey how seriously work interferes with family responsibilities.
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Heward-Belle, Susan, Cathy Humphreys, Lucy Healey, Cherie Toivonen, and Menka Tsantefski. "Invisible Practices: Interventions With Men Who Use Violence and Control." Affilia 34, no. 3 (June 11, 2019): 369–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886109919848750.
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Data from this article are derived from responses to questionnaires provided by 232 frontline workers and team leaders from a range of organizations across four Australian states who participated in The Invisible Practices Project: Engaging With Fathers Who Use Violence. This project was designed to explore the practices of workers who see perpetrators of domestic violence outside the relative safety of group-work programs. Thematic analysis was employed to examine the research question: What is the organizational context that contributes to, or constrains, the practices of frontline workers intervening with fathers who use violence? This article reports the ways that agencies increase the visibility of, and practices with, fathers who use violence. Increasing the visibility of fathers who use violence is posited as a crucial driver of policy and practice reform aligned with feminist goals of eliminating sexist institutional practices. It is argued that such practices render fathers who use violence invisible, reinforce patriarchal views of family roles and responsibilities, intensify the scrutiny on the mothering of women survivors, and compound the impact of domestic violence. This article documents emerging practices that seek to redress practices that support patriarchal views of family roles and responsibilities and has implications for understanding the capacity of social workers and other professionals to intervene with fathers who use violence.
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Dwi Lestari, Elissa, and Miranti Kusuma Yuwono. "The Effect of Family–Work and Work–Family Conflict on Call Center Workers’ Emotional Exhaustion With Person–Job Fit as Antecedent." Revista CEA 6, no. 12 (July 30, 2020): 69–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.22430/24223182.1616.
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In accordance with the government’s regulations in Indonesia, all financial services institutions are obliged to implement a customer complaint handling mechanism, which has contributed to the rapid growth of the call center industry. As a benchmark for managing service quality, call center workers are required to always keep their emotions stable despite the continuous pressures and unpleasant responses from customers. For this reason, working at call centers is now considered a job with a high emotional burden. Few studies have specifically examined the level of emotional exhaustion among call center workers in Indonesia. Therefore, this work aims to investigate the effect of family–work and work–family conflict on such workers’ emotional exhaustion, with person–job fit as antecedent. For this purpose, we collected data from 154 questionnaires completed by call center workers at financial services institutions in Indonesia. We analyze the relationship among the variables under study using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results show that the level of compatibility between employees’ and their job reduces both family–work and work–family conflict. In terms of work–family conflict, call center workers will feel emotionally exhausted only when faced with a dilemma between work and family responsibilities. The call centers’ management should thus create a family-friendly work environment to ensure excellent care for employees.
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Kalabikhina, Irina. "PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT." Population and Economics 1, no. 1 (December 20, 2017): 89–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/popecon.1.e36034.
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The article is devoted to documenting factors of discrimination of women and men in Moscow’s labour market, related to the presence of parental responsibilities and to the analysis of the opinions of Moscovites on the possibility of combining parental and professional responsibilities. The empirical basis for the research were semi-structured interviews (61 semi-structured interviews, 28 cases of discrimination are described, 22 of which are related to the presence of parental responsibilities) taken between 2013 and 2016 in Moscow, as well as interviews with experts. The types of discriminatory behaviour of employers towards pregnant women and women with small children have been identified ("requests" to resign at their own accord; the payment of "fiat" money only from declared salary; payment of "protection" money for dismissal; agreement on early departure from childcare leave; creation of conditions for women to be extruded after returning to work; enterprise restructuring and using this as an excuse to deny the provision of the corresponding position), as well as discriminatory practices in relation to fathers with small children when their desire to perform parental responsibilities manifests itself and discrimination of young women in employment (as workers with perspective parental responsibilities). Downward trends in the social protection of pregnant women over the past year and a half due to the economic crisis have been noted. Positive legislative changes to reduce discrimination and increase the opportunities for women with children in the labour market (adopted in 2013-2014) have been found to be insufficient to create an enabling environment for employees with parental responsibilities. A study on the attitudes of women and men towards gender roles in the labour market and in the family, the actual possibilities of combining parental and professional responsibilities, has also revealed that discrimination of parents in the labour market was based on widespread gender stereotypes (of employees and employers) that constitute a barrier to the harmonious reconciliation of the professional and family roles of women and men. Employers’ inclination to discriminate workers with parental responsibilities depends on age and the presence of children (employees with small children are in the worst position, in the best – those with children of a senior age as compared to childless, as the most reliable and responsible), which underlines the traditional nature of the structure of gender attitude.Among the young educated informants, there have been (so far rare) cases of modernized attitudes towards the family-work balance, based on a belief in the possibility of full and highly professional female employment combined with motherhood (as opposed to traditional Russian gender attitudes on "the need to have a job that does not interfere with family matters"). The most modernized area is the information technology sector, to a lesser extent - the finance industry. The most traditional one is the sector of education (services). At the same time, the IT industry has barriers and opportunities to combine professional and parental responsibilities.The majority of female informants demonstrated a combination of traditional gender attitudes and employment orientation. The origins of this combination are the memory of generations or the "habit of working"; insurance behaviour in the face of the economic crisis and demographic losses; modernization processes; the "dream of a housewife"; renaissance of patriarchal relations in the Russian society.
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Sokhan, Maria. "The right of persons with family responsibilities to social protection: world experience." Law and innovations, no. 2 (30) (June 2, 2020): 76–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.37772/2518-1718-2020-2(30)-11.
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Problem setting. In modern socio-economic conditions, the problem of social protection of persons with family responsibilities becomes especially relevant. In the process of life of families with minor children, there are a large number of social risks, including disability, illness, poverty, child support alone, etc., which requires the state to develop and adopt qualitatively new social programs aimed at protection of the given subject of the right of social security from adverse consequences of such risks. Analysis of recent researches and publications. In social security law, issues related to the right of persons with family responsibilities to social protection have not gone unnoticed by researchers and are among a number of important theoretical developments in this area. In particular, attention was paid to this issue M. I. Polupanov, V. S. Shaikhatdinov, O. G. Azarova, E. I. Astrakhan, T. I. Ivankina, V. D. Novikov, I. A. Vetukhova, L. B. Kulachok, O. M. Yaroshenko and other lawyers. Target of research – is to analyze the world experience on the right of persons with family responsibilities to social protection and the possibility of its application in Ukraine. Article’s main body. There is still no single international act that establishes standards for the social protection of persons with family responsibilities. In this regard, we can say that the general principles and characteristics relating to social protection of this category of persons, and adopted in order to achieve the optimal level of order in this area of public relations, are governed by a number of international legal acts enshrining fundamental rights persons in the field of social protection and determine the standards of their implementation, the basics of social protection of motherhood as a state that gives the right to care and assistance from the state and society, as well as the principles of social protection of the family to which necessary protection and assistance so that it can fully commit itself to educating the younger generation. Conclusions and prospects for the development. Summing up the above, it was concluded that the study of international documents allowed to determine the degree of their impact on national legislation and sources of social security law. For Ukraine, bringing national legislation in the field of social protection of persons with family responsibilities in line with international standards in this area is an important and necessary step. Therefore, at the current stage of development for Ukraine, the priority is to create a regulatory framework to protect the rights and freedoms of persons with family responsibilities, which would fully meet international standards and ensure the implementation of these rights and provide a mechanism to protect them in case of violation. As for compliance with international standards today, we can note the following: a) in order to create conditions for regulatory and legal support of state policy regarding persons with family responsibilities in Ukraine adopted a number of regulations; b) to promote the gender interests of working men and women, the current legislation of Ukraine has been streamlined in accordance with the main provisions of the ILO Convention 156 on Equal Treatment and Equal Opportunities for Men and Women Workers: Workers with Family Responsibilities
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Rodger, John J. "Family Structures and the Moral Politics of Caring." Sociological Review 39, no. 4 (November 1991): 799–822. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954x.1991.tb00876.x.
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The paper seeks to develop the discussion of informal care in the community stimulated by feminist analyses in social policy of what has been called ‘the moral politics of caring’. In particular the paper enquires into the relationship between family structures and the ‘political styles’ through which families bargain about caring issues. A selection of studies dealing with family structure and decision-making are discussed. The paper closes by making some observations about the potential development of family therapy strategies, particularly by social workers trying to ensure the co-operation and involvement of family members, friends and neighbors in caring responsibilities within the new community care framework.
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Bawono, Bachtiar Suryo, and Bambang Santosa. "PERAN GANDA WANITA DALAM EKONOMI KELUARGA (Studi Kasus Pada Pedagang Wanita Pasar Klewer)." Journal of Development and Social Change 3, no. 1 (May 15, 2020): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/jodasc.v3i1.41674.
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<p>Women in the era of globalization have experienced significant changes. As women who previously were not played an active role in the labor market, many woman now play an active role in the world of work, especially in the trade sector. Based on data from the Surakarta City Gender Study and Social Workers Association (PRP) Study, 72% of the traditional market trader population is women. In addition to having a positive impact, increasing women's participation in the world of work also has a negative impact on women themselves. As women as workers will experience double burden problems. It means women who work will have two responsibilities, that is public work responsibilities and domestic work responsibilities.</p><p>Therefore, the author would like to know how the Dual Role of Women in the Family Economy in Women's Traders' Families in Surakarta City's Klewer Market? This study uses gender analysis techniques Hardvard-1 or HAF method combined with interactive analysis methods. The results showed that the first category of informants only wives who traded in the market showed that, the wife played a role in increasing family income. The initial income of a husband working alone is only able to meet primary needs. After the wife trades, the husband and wife can meet secondary needs and increase family purchasing power. In the access and control of family economic resources, they tend to be dominated by husbands. The informants of both husband and wife trading together in a kios then the role of the wife does not affect the ups and downs of trading income. In accessing and controlling economic resources the family runs in balance.</p>
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Sayyida, Sayyida, and Nindria Untarini. "WORK FAMILY CONFLICT CIRCLES AND THEIR IMPACT ON WORKPLACE DEVIANCE FOR WORKING COUPLES." Media Mahardhika 18, no. 3 (May 31, 2020): 473. http://dx.doi.org/10.29062/mahardika.v18i3.185.
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Gender equality and the necessities of life in this era require many couples working both husband and wife. This has an impact on work family conflicts resulting from an imbalance between work and family responsibilities. This research aims to review various references related to work family conflict perceived by the working couples and their effect on production deviance. The results of the review indicate the existence of work family conflict circles that occur in workers ie work family conflict incumbent influenced by work family conflict partner and work family conflict incumbent and partner influenced by work family conflict leader. and than work family conflict have impact on production deviance moderated by age and gender.
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EVANDROU, MARIA, and KAREN GLASER. "Combining work and family life: the pension penalty of caring." Ageing and Society 23, no. 5 (September 2003): 583–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x03001314.
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This paper uses work and caring history information from the British Family and Working Lives Survey (1994/5) to examine the provision of family care and its impact upon the employment and the subsequent state and private pension entitlement among mid-life men and women. Combining paid employment with care-giving was not an option for a significant minority of women with caring responsibilities in mid-life. One-in-five mid-life women who have ever had caring responsibilities reported that, upon starting caring, they stopped work altogether, and another one-in-five reported that they worked fewer hours, earned less money or could only work restricted hours. Fewer men and women who stopped work as a result of caring were members of an occupational pension scheme than other groups; and they had accumulated fewer years of contributions than their counterparts who continued working, with direct implications for their level of pension income in later life. The extension of employers' schemes to help workers balance paid work and family responsibilities would facilitate more carers remaining in the labour market, as would an explicit carers' dimension within the new ‘Working Tax Credit’. Consideration should also be given to extending credits for second tier pensions to working carers who provide care for over 16 hours a week and who earn below the lower earnings limit. This will ensure that carers who juggle low paid work and care are not penalised for working, and that their unpaid contribution to society is recognised.
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Alvarez, Camila H., Lola Loustaunau, Larissa Petrucci, and Ellen Scott. "Impossible Choices: How Workers Manage Unpredictable Scheduling Practices." Labor Studies Journal 45, no. 2 (March 12, 2019): 186–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160449x19835041.
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A total of 16 percent of hourly workers and 36 percent of workers paid on some other basis experience unstable work schedules due to irregular, on-call, rotating, or split shifts, which negatively impact workers’ ability to manage family responsibilities, finances, and health. Primarily drawing on data from in-depth interviews conducted in Oregon in 2016, this study expands research on how workers navigate through “bad jobs” by exploring the ways in which they respond in an attempt to manage the individual impacts of precarious work arrangements. We found that workers respond to unpredictable scheduling in four ways: they acquiesce, self-advocate, quit, or directly oppose employers. Our findings highlight the “impossible choices” workers face as they negotiate prevalent, unpredictable work conditions, juggle work-life obligations, and struggle to remain employed. We conclude with fair week, work policy recommendations.
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Schmidt, Diane E., and Gilbert Duenas. "Incentives to Encourage Worker-Friendly Organizations." Public Personnel Management 31, no. 3 (September 2002): 293–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009102600203100303.
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To maintain organizational competitiveness, employee benefits programs must not only provide traditional benefits, but also provide unconventional benefits. Because the labor market has seen an increasing influx of employees with dependent care responsibilities and has become increasingly competitive for highly skilled workers, innovative employers have used dependent care and flexibility work options to attract employees. In this research and practice synthesis, we examine the variety of options available to employers for creating family and worker friendly organizations. In general, we found that many options are available to employers for addressing the dependent care and family pressures that most influence the productivity of their employees. By providing assistance in securing dependent care, creating flexible working conditions, and/or providing on-site care facilities, employers with or without government collaboration, can and have improved the productive capacity of their employees.
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Barthe, B., K. Messing, and L. Abbas. "Strategies used by women workers to reconcile family responsibilities with atypical work schedules in the service sector." Work 40 (2011): 47–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/wor-2011-1267.
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Jaggers, Jeremiah W., Aurene Wilford, Ileana Anderson, and Joanna Bettmann. "Perceived Effectiveness of Parent Representation Social Workers by Legal Professionals Involved with Indigent Defendants." Advances in Social Work 21, no. 1 (June 14, 2021): 100–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/24249.
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The total number of children in the U.S. foster care system exceeds 428,000. Previous research indicates that when social workers and legal professionals work together, children and their families benefit significantly. Parents who effectively engage in the child welfare system are more likely to benefit from services and reunify with their children. The present study employed a phenomenological approach to explore how a parent representation pilot, which paired social workers with public defenders to better represent the needs of families in the child welfare system, was experienced by legal professionals. Judges and family court attorneys (n = 9) found the program to be helpful in reunifying families. Public defenders were able to leverage the social worker’s skills and experience to facilitate more positive outcomes, while reducing case burden. Challenges were also identified and included a lack of interdisciplinary training, potential overlap in ethical responsibilities, and role confusion. Structured intervention programs that encourage collaboration between social workers and legal professionals may improve case outcomes for indigent families involved in the child welfare system. It is advised that social work undertake a formal multidisciplinary approach in support of public defenders, which may serve to encourage positive case outcomes.
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Roberts, Laura Weiss. "Contributions and Sacrifices of Medical Students and Health Care Workers With Family Responsibilities Deserve Our Attention and Respect." Academic Medicine 96, no. 9 (August 24, 2021): 1227–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000004211.
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Ellingsen, Ingunn T., Ingunn Studsrød, and Carolina Muñoz-Guzmán. "The child, the parents, the family and the state." Journal of Comparative Social Work 14, no. 1 (May 12, 2019): 93–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v14i1.234.
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EnglishThere is a lack of research comparing Latin American and European countries alongside how family policy relates to social work practices. This study fills in the research gap, and compares Chilean and Norwegian social workers’ conceptions of children’s position in the family, in family work in a complex family case, and how their understandings impact on CWS practices when working with families with complex needs in each context. A total of 19 social workers participated in the study. The participants took part in four focus groups, discussing a complex family case (vignette). The results of the analysis reveal similarities and difference across contexts, according to children’s position in CWS work, social worker’s understandings of the responsibilities of parents and the type of family interventions they were inclined to offer. The Chilean social workers seem more family-, and adult-oriented than their Norwegian counterparts, which holds an individualized child oriented view when discussing the case. Moreover, when issues interventions, the Norwegian social workers seems to relay more on the state, whereas the Chilean workers place more trust on the family network. Practical implications of the findings are discussed in light of family welfare policy and child welfare discourses.
SpanishLos niños, sus padres, las familias y el Estado. Chile y Noruega comparados.Hay una escasez de investigaciones que comparen América Latina y los países europeos, en términos de cómo las políticas de familia se relacionan con las prácticas de los trabajadores sociales. Este estudio se posiciona en este vacío investigativo, y compara la concepción de trabajadores sociales noruegos y chilenos respecto la posición de los niños en las familias, en el trabajo con familias en casos de familias complejas, y cómo sus interpretaciones impactan en las prácticas del sistema de protección infantil cuando trabajan con familias con necesidades complejas en cada contexto. Un total de 19 trabajadores sociales participaron en el estudio. Los participantes tomaron parte de cuatro grupos focales donde discutieron un caso de familia compleja (viñeta). Los resultados del análisis revelan similitudes y diferencias entre los dos contextos, de acuerdo a la posición de los niños en el trabajo del sistema de protección infantil, la concepción de los trabajadores sociales sobre la responsabilidad de los padres; y el tipo de intervención en familias que son más propensos a ofrecer. Los trabajadores sociales chilenos parecen más orientados hacia la familia (y a los adultos), que sus pares noruegos, quienes sostienen una visión más orientada hacia la individualización de los niños en la discusión del caso. Por otra parte, cuando se trata de las intervenciones, los trabajadores sociales noruegos parecen apoyarse más en el Estado, mientras que los chilenos ponen más la confianza en las redes familiares. Las implicaciones prácticas de estos hallazgos son discutidas a la luz de las políticas de bienestar familiar y los discursos sobre bienestar infantil.
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Andall, Jacqueline. "Cape Verdean Women on the Move: ‘Immigration Shopping’ in Italy and Europe." Modern Italy 4, no. 2 (November 1999): 241–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13532949908454832.
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SummaryThe central theme of this article is the notion that migrants ‘shop’ for opportunities of work, income and social advantages in different countries. Taking the case of Cape Verdean women migrants, the research is based on 25 in-depth interviews carried out with domestic workers in Rome and Rotterdam. I explore ways in which these women have negotiated mobility, employment and family and household responsibilities within the context of a largely independent female migration which is well established from Cape Verde. Italy has a nodal role in channelling mobility from Cape Verde to various destinations in the global Cape Verdean diaspora. But while opportunities for stable employment as domestic workers in Italy have been a constant factor encouraging Cape Verdean women to migrate to Italy, difficulties over pay, working conditions, welfare and family reunion have led to much onward movement to the Netherlands and elsewhere.
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Zhang, Yuan, Laura Punnett, and Angela Nannini. "Work-Family Conflict, Sleep, and Mental Health of Nursing Assistants Working in Nursing Homes." Workplace Health & Safety 65, no. 7 (October 28, 2016): 295–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2165079916665397.
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Work-family conflict is challenging for workers and may lead to depression, anxiety, and overall poor health. Sleep plays an important role in the maintenance of mental health; however, the role of sleep in the association between work-family conflict and mental health is not well-studied. Questionnaires were collected from 650 nursing assistants in 15 nursing homes. Multivariate linear regression modeling demonstrated that increased work-family conflict was associated with lower mental health scores (β = −2.56, p < .01). More work-family conflict was correlated with more job demands, less job control, less social support, and longer work hours. Poor sleep quality, but not short sleep duration, mediated the association between work-family conflict and mental health. Workplace interventions to improve nursing assistants’ mental health should increase their control over work schedules and responsibilities, provide support to meet their work and family needs, and address healthy sleep practices.
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Nepali, Tej Narayan Prasad. "Balancing Work Life and Family Life: Problems and Remedies." Pravaha 24, no. 1 (June 12, 2018): 217–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/pravaha.v24i1.20240.
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Work- family balance” is a term that refers to an individual’s perceptions of the degree to which s/he is experiencing positive relationships between work and family roles, where the relationships are viewed as compatible and at equilibrium with each other. Like a fulcrum measuring the daily shifting weights of time and energy allocation between work and family life, the term, “workfamily balance,” provides a metaphor to countervail the historical notion that work and family relationships can often be competing, at odds, and conflicting.There was a time when the boundaries between work and home were fairly clear. Today, however, work is likely to invade our personal life — and maintaining work-life balance is no simple task. Family work balance is a complex issue that involves financial values, gender roles, career path, time management and many other factors. Every person and couple will have their own preferences and needs. The problem of maintaining a balance between work life and family life is not a new one. But in the recent few years social scientists have started paying more attention to it. Now there is growing concern in Nepal and experts are of the view that a constant struggle to balance both sets of life will have serious implications on the health of an employee.The seriousness of this problem increases many times in the cases of women workers in our society which is a traditional one and where women are still supposed to have greater family responsibilities. They are expected to look after their children, entertaining the guest, taking care of their parents, in laws and other elderly members of their families as also managing kitchen and other household affairs. Neglecting any of these responsibilities for the sake of discharging work in office or in other institutions where they are employed is not tolerated by their husbands and other male members of the society. We talk of women empowerment but we fail to understand the problems which working women are facing in the tradition bound society like of ours. The study is a pioneering work to investigate into this problem. It is a modest attempt to understand the manner in which women workers try to maintain balance between their work and family lives. The study also explores the ways and means by which female workers can be enabled to maintain proper balance between the two sets of their lives. The findings of this study may be of great use to employers, and business executives as well, who have now come to realize that the responsibility to maintain a healthy work life balance rests on both the organisation and employee. Pravaha Vol. 24, No. 1, 2018, Page: 217-232
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Rudnytska, Olga. "Legal regulation of social leaves: experience of post-Soviet countries." Law Review of Kyiv University of Law, no. 1 (April 15, 2020): 210–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.36695/2219-5521.1.2020.42.
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The article is devoted to the issues of legal regulation of social leaves by the labour legislation of the countries of the former Soviet Union. The types of such leaves, their peculiarities and the procedure for granting individual labour legislation in the country are investigated. It has been established that workers with family responsibilities under both domestic and labour legislation of the post-Soviet countries are given social leave of both identical and different purposes and duration.
It is concluded that the labour legislation of individual countries have identified categories of women for whom the duration of maternity leave is significantly increased or has its own characteristics. Such categories include women affected by the Chornobyl disaster, as well as those working in agriculture or in the area of radioactive contamination.
It is stated that the inclusion of such types of leaves as without salaries, in connection with the Chernobyl disaster and study holidays in social is justified in order to provide them - to ensure social goals.
The author establishes that a Ukrainian employee has a restriction on the use of full-time leave of up to six months of continuous work at the last place of work. It is proposed to amend the current legislation on leave by adding a rule that allows, by agreement of the parties, to grant leave to the employee before the expiration of the six-month period.
The article investigates that additional paid social leave for workers with family responsibilities is stipulated by the labour legislation of Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, but the duration of such leave in these countries is shorter than in our country.
It is concluded that the current labour law of Ukraine, unlike other labour codes of the post-Soviet countries, more fully regulates the issue of granting social leave to employees with family responsibilities. Positive experience in regulating certain types of social leaves should be taken into account in the process of reforming national labour legislation, in particular, it is advisable to include educational leaves, leaves in connection with the Chernobyl disaster and leaves without keeping salaries for good personal and family reasons, because their purpose is to fulfill social goals.
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Sánchez-Domínguez, María, and Luis Guirola Abenza. "The double penalty: How female migrants manage family responsibilities in the Spanish dual labour market." Journal of Family Research 33, no. 2 (September 6, 2021): 509–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/jfr-497.
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Objective: This study examines the convergence of employment behaviour and work-life balance of foreign-born women with those of native-born Spanish women between 2014 and 2018.
Background: The changing role of women in the labour market is a central development of the past century. However, the study of female labour market participation has focused on native women, typically with a college education.
Method: We use the Spanish Labour Force Survey and its 2018 ad hoc module on the reconciliation of work and family life to compare the working behaviours of native and migrant women. We use a matching algorithm to construct a sample of native workers with comparable human capital and living arrangement characteristics.
Results: The segmentation of the Spanish labour market leads to the concentration of female immigrants in specific occupational niches with precarious employment conditions, regardless of the length of their stay in the country. The country’s employment and care regime forces female migrants to deal with their care responsibilities differently than their native counterparts: i.e., migrants are more likely than natives to interrupt their employment to fulfil household duties, and are less likely to engage in part-time work and to outsource care provision to family and professional caregivers.
Conclusion: Female immigrants are doubly penalised as both immigrants and mothers.
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Haryani, Ayi. "CARE GIVING RESPONSIBILITES FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS in CITY OF BANDUNG." Journal Sampurasun : Interdisciplinary Studies for Cultural Heritage 2, no. 2 (February 28, 2017): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.23969/sampurasun.v2i2.141.
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Objective: The HIV/AIDS epidemy on Children have devastating impacts on the survival and development of the children. Limited availability and access to government services, stigma and discrimination, as well as the absence and declining abilities of parents in meeting the needs of the children living with HIV/AIDS (CLWHA) raises the risk for those children to experience severe neglect. The purpose of this study is to examines the responsibilities of child care and to identify those who carry out the role of parenting for children with HIV/AIDS in Bandung.
Methods: This study applies descriptive method, with a qualitative approach. Indept Interviews conducted on social workers in four service providers institutions for people with HIV / AIDS in the city of Bandung.
Results: 29 out of 46 (56%) CLWHA that gets assistance from service providers have lost one or both parents. There are 17 couples of PLWHA parents and caregivers could not fully functions as providers for the needs of their children, due to their health conditions that gradually decreased, complexity of their drug regimens, stigma and fear that associated with death, and also have to care for their families. There is only 11 parents who continue to carry out their parenting responsibilities and roles. While 35 of CLWHA, sequentially, cared by grandparents, or aunts/uncles as relatives that most widely taken over the responsibilities and roles of caregiving. They do this with the main reason for the absence and the inability of parents because of health problems, behavioral, and economic capacity of the family. The existence of strong emotional bond amongs the extended family, and the intention to protect family honors also has prevents family from handing over the childcare to outsiders, which then prevents the child from being abandoned.
Conclusion: This study showed that limited availability and adequacy of governmental services, stigma and disriminasi, absenteeism and the poor capacity of the parents, does not directly cause severe neglect for CLWHA. Traditional cultural values related to extended family life have strengthened the role of the nuclear family and relatives to maintain their parenting responsibilities on children of their relatives.
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Shedlin, Michele G., Joe D. Wray, and Sergio Correu. "Supervising Community Health Workers in Community-Based Delivery of Primary Health/Family Planning Services: Experiences in Mexico, 1977–1982." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 6, no. 4 (January 1986): 309–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/f094-ef1f-vd76-hmjw.
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The supervision of CHWs in the Mexican Rural Health Program (1977–82) illustrates a wide range of problems and strengths because it was developed within a program based on a strong political mandate to deliver services to an extremely large, as well as culturally and geographically diverse population. This article presents an in-depth perspective on the issues involved in the supervision of community health workers with a focus on the myriad roles and responsibilities which are expected from supervisory personnel. The information and observations which are offered come from program evaluation materials as well as the long-term, first hand experience of the authors with the program discussed.
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Hyun, Christopher, Alison E. Post, and Isha Ray. "Frontline worker compliance with transparency reforms: Barriers posed by family and financial responsibilities." Governance 31, no. 1 (February 14, 2017): 65–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gove.12268.
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Date-Bah, Eugenia. "Appropriate Policy for Gender Equality in Employment: Insights from the ILO Interdepartmental Project on Equality for Women in Employment*." International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 2, no. 1-2 (December 1996): 3–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/135822919600200202.
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Using insights from the recent ILO Interdepartmental Project on Equality for Women in Employment, the article portrays gender inequality in the work situation as a complex issue requiring a number of interlinked strategies within a comprehensive proactive policy framework for its effective tackling. Interventions are required in: legal framework and enforcement; labour market, training and the general macro and micro-economic context; working conditions and reconciliation of work and family responsibilities; social security coverage; women's representation in decision-making; women's mobilization and participation in workers' and employers' organizations; and roles and concerted action by governments, employers, workers' organizations and other relevant bodies of civil society. Relevant statistical measurement instruments, concepts and up-to-date sex-disaggregated data are necessary for accurate assessment and monitoring. The creation of a supportive legislative framework, for example, involves reflecting gender equality in labour laws as well as in family and marriage, inheritance, contract, property ownership, national constitution and customary laws since the latter also influence women's economic situation and in some situations are even more important than the former.
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Bishop, Kathleen Kirk. "Psychosocial Aspects of Genetic Disorders: Implications for Practice." Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 74, no. 4 (April 1993): 207–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104438949307400402.
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Generic disorders can potentially interfere with interpersonal relationships and normal social develop' ment as well as disrupt family life. As scientific and technological advances in medical genetics provide health professionals with a more comprehensive understanding of the origin, implications, and management of genetic disorders, professionals acquire expanded responsibilities. Social workers, who are often involved with individuals and families on a long-term basis, play an instrumental role in helping individuals and families make the necessary emotional and social adjustments following diagnosis of a genetic disease, understand the ramifications of the diagnosis, cope with the accompanying concerns, and find me appropriate services.
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Lupica, Carina. "Licencias de Paternidad y Permisos Parentales en América Latina y el Caribe. Herramientas Indispensables para Propiciar la Mayor Participación de los Padres en el Cuidado de los Hijos e Hijas." Masculinities & Social Change 5, no. 3 (October 21, 2016): 295. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/mcs.2016.2083.
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Institutional reform becomes necessary to accompany the entry of women into the labor market and promote greater involvement of men in caring for their children in most countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. So that both partners have a paid job and, in turn, exercise their shared parental responsibilities, it is required to extend to male workers care guarantees that are not exclusively linked to the biological reproductive role of women: pregnancy, childbirth and lactation. In that sense, paternity and parental leaves are useful tools to advance from the world of work towards overcoming the old model of "the male breadwinner and female housewife." However, these important changes alone are not enough. The implementation of positive actions is essential to stimulate the cultural change needed in order to foster a new perception of workers regarding family commitments.
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Danylchuk, Larysa. "Emotional intelligence of the children born in the families of migrant workers: the environment-based approach." Scientific bulletin of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky 2020, no. 3 (132) (September 24, 2020): 106–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.24195/2617-6688-2020-3-12.
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The article presents the results of the study devoted to the issues of emotional intelligence of the children born in the families of migrant workers. The theoretical analysis has been carried out on the basis of domestic and foreign source and scientific bases within the outlined problem. It is noted that the problems related to the families of migrant workers and their children need to be solved at the international, national, regulatory, scientific and methodological levels. The theoretical foundation of understanding the emotional intelligence under focus has been substantiated taking into account the generalising considerations of scientists who have studied the conceptual and semantic content of the concept. It is noted that emotional intelligence is a necessary component of successful socialisation of any personality. The meaning of the term «children born in the families of migrant workers» has been considered, which made it possible to approve that there is no legal status for “the children born in the families of migrant workers” in Ukraine. It is revealed that the concept “the child of migrant workers / the child who was born in the family of migrant workers” is often identified with the concept “social orphanhood”. It is noted that such identification is incorrect; a child can be considered a social orphan only if his / her parents are deliberately removed from parental responsibilities. From the standpoint of the environment-based approach, the living environments of the children who were born in migrant families are segmented, which are basic for the formation of children’s emotional intelligence: family environment; social surrounding environment; general secondary education institution environment; peer environment; the Internet and social networks environment.
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Malenfant, Romaine, and Maria De Koninck. "Production and Reproduction: The Issues Involved in Reconciling Work and Pregnancy." NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 12, no. 1 (May 2002): 61–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/gn7f-uwbn-6y3q-an16.
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Quebec legislation in occupational health contains a measure that gives pregnant workers the right to demand healthy and safe work conditions so that they can continue working while they are pregnant. About one-third of pregnant workers exercise this right every year. Nonetheless, even though the legislation's goal is to favor continued employment, more than 75 percent of the female workers who are eligible for protective reassignment are, in fact, not reassigned to other work stations or tasks, and instead must stop working. The results presented here stem from research intended to improve our understanding of the difficulties that arise in the workplace when the organization of work has to be reconciled with pregnancy. In telling us their experiences, the 51 pregnant workers we interviewed gave us their definition of “reconciliation.” They did this by identifying the elements and areas of their occupational and family responsibilities that hindered or favored this reconciliation. They thus brought to light the predominant role that social relationships play in these situations. The comments of the women we met shed light on work conditions and organizations whose characteristics, once identified, suggest some of the changes needed to make this reconciliation possible.
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Nataraj, Shakthi, and Sutapa Majumdar. "Theorizing the Continuities Between Marriage and Sex Work in the Experience of Female Sex Workers in Pune, Maharashtra." Social Sciences 10, no. 2 (February 1, 2021): 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci10020052.
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Marriage is near-universal in India, where most cisgender women sex workers have been married at some point in their lives, while also navigating responsibilities to family and children. In this paper, we explore how cisgender women sex workers in Pune, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, experience continuities between sex work and marriage, while navigating an ideological landscape where sex work and marriage are positioned as opposites. Returning to feminist theoretical models that highlight the economic underpinnings of marriage, we outline three arenas in the Indian context where marriage and sex work overlap rather than remaining opposed and separate entities: (a) migration, (b) attributions of respect and stigma, coded through symbols of marriage and sexual availability, and (c) building and dissolving kinship networks that contest the primacy of biological or affinal kin. In each of these realms the distinction between marriage and sex work is a fraught and contested issue, and the roles of wife, mother, and sex worker can shade into one another based on context. We then examine how three women navigate these contradictions, arguing that focusing on kinship and marriage can circumvent the limitations of the choice versus coercion paradigm that structures current debates on sex work.
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Bazubagira, Appoline Kabera, and Christine Kapita Umumararungu. "Self-reliance." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) 9, no. 6 (October 27, 2020): 183–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v9i6.901.
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This study examines the extent to which family environment influences children’s behavior and how an evening of parents serves as a platform for rehabilitating the family environment, preventing and decreasing street children's number. This descriptive study intends to create awareness of the prevention and reintegration of street children. Researchers purposively selected 58 respondents: 40 street children, 12 parents, and 6 local leaders. Data were collected through interviews, storytelling, and focus group discussions and qualitatively analyzed using content analysis. Results revealed domestic violence, identity crisis, born from sex workers, children abuse, poor parenting, and poverty to be factors contributing to street children as emphasized by 100% of children, 87% of local leaders, and 67% of parents. Street children can only be controlled if major stressors that push them to develop self-reliance are socially and economically addressed. It was revealed that the Evening of Parents is a platform of family transformation to successfully prevent and rehabilitate street children focusing on parents’ responsibilities towards children’s wellbeing and better future.
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Boddy, Janet, June Statham, Ian Warwick, Katie Hollingworth, and Grace Spencer. "What Kind of Trouble? Meeting the Health Needs of ‘Troubled Families’ through Intensive Family Support." Social Policy and Society 15, no. 2 (October 2, 2015): 275–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746415000494.
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The policy rhetoric of the UK Coalition government's ‘Troubled Families’ initiative, and that of New Labour's earlier Respect Agenda, share an emphasis on families’ responsibilities, or rather their irresponsibility, and their financial costs to society. Giving children a chance of a better life coincides, in this framing, with reducing costs for the taxpayer. The research reported here was based on a national study of Family Intervention Projects (FIPs), funded by the UK government between 2009 and 2012, beginning under New Labour, continuing over a period when the FIP programme was discontinued, and ending after the Troubled Families programme had begun. The research involved over 100 in-depth interviews with stakeholders, including service managers, family key workers, and caregivers and children in twenty families, to consider critical questions about the kinds of trouble that families experience in their lives, and how they are recognised in the policy and practice of intensive family intervention.
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Giuffre, Liz. "Are We All ‘BBC Dad’ Now? What Covid19 Restrictions Reveal About Comedy, Class, Paid Work, Parenting and Gender." Journal of Working-Class Studies 5, no. 1 (June 1, 2020): 142–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.13001/jwcs.v5i1.6265.
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The meme ‘BBC Dad’ first emerged in 2017 in response to an ‘embarrassing’ moment where a Professor was interrupted by his family during a live interview with BBC news TV. At the time the incident was circulated around the world as a curiosity, as the worlds of work, domestic (family) life and gender politics combined in a way that was apparently so unacceptable that it was comedic. The expectation was that the ‘victim’, the Professor, should somehow be ashamed of how his two roles as ‘professional’ and ‘parent’ had been shown to be in competition in that moment. Although this competition is often played out, especially by women and working-class workers, it is rarely shown in public, let alone discussed. However, during the global pandemic in 2020 many workers and parents are being placed in this situation and forced to juggle their dual responsibilities often in the same space and in real time. By asking ‘Are we all ‘BBC Dad’ now?’, this article questions how we consider those who conduct paid work and parent simultaneously, noting how previously accepted class and gender divides have shifted culturally as a result of the physical restraints posed by COVID-19 restrictions. The ’comedy’ that the original meme provided, and the way its meaning has shifted, shows how expectations have changed and hopefully how attitudes to normally hidden workers may also shift.
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Huang, Shu-Ling, Ren-Hau Li, Shu-Yi Fang, and Feng-Cheng Tang. "Work Hours and Difficulty in Leaving Work on Time in Relation to Work-to-Family Conflict and Burnout Among Female Workers in Taiwan." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 2 (January 17, 2020): 605. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020605.
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The present study explores the relations between work hours and the difficulty in leaving work on time to both work-to-family conflict (WFC) and burnout among female workers in Taiwan. A cross-sectional research design and questionnaire were employed to obtain the research data. In total, 738 full-time female workers took part in the study. The results of regression analyses showed that when age, marital status, economic status, occupation, parental status, and housework responsibilities were controlled, more work hours were positively associated with WFC and burnout. When the difficulty in leaving work on time was also considered in the analysis, long working hours were still significantly associated with burnout; however, the significant relation with WFC disappeared. It is surmised that if female employees work overtime voluntarily, the perception of WFC diminishes; nevertheless, the adverse effect of long working hours on health remains unabated. This study concludes that female employees who work overtime on a voluntary basis are at risk of health problems, which should be a focus of concern.
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Francis, Valerie, and Helen Lingard. "The Case for Family-Friendly Work Practices in the Australian Construction Industry." Construction Economics and Building 2, no. 1 (November 15, 2012): 28–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ajceb.v2i1.2884.
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Although significant changes at the social, demographic, technological and workforce levelshave transformed the relationship between family and work, these changes have notbeen reflected in the employment practices of many construction companies. Many of thejob and organisational factors found to be negatively associated with family functioning arepertinent to construction professionals. Staff are expected to work long hours in demandingroles and this, combined with job insecurity and frequent relocation, means that familylife and individual well-being can be compromised. A growing body of research has foundthat the implementation of family-friendly work policies and practices can lead to greaterproductivity, lower attrition rates and higher morale in the workplace. In addition providinga work environment that is supportive of workers' family roles can help to alleviate workrelatedmental health problems.This paper outlines the changing demographic trends and societal attitudes that are makingindividuals and organisations question current work cultures and structures. Optionsfor making the construction industry a more family-friendly work environment are considered.All professionals, regardless of their age, gender and family responsibilities, canbenefit from these initiatives. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of theseissues for construction companies and future research work.
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Kim, Soohyun. "Effects of Paid Leave Policies on Working Caregivers' Labor Supply." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 30–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.099.
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Abstract Approximately two in three caregivers are in the labor force. However, paid family leave is the only policy support for working caregivers to date, which helps to balance their work and care responsibilities. I analyze the data from the 1998-2014 Health and Retirement Study to examine 1) how paid leave policies affect labor market outcomes for workers in need of caring for a spouse/partner or an older parent/-in-law and 2) how the effects differ by gender. Paid leave policy is distinguished between employer-provided leave and state government-provided leave. Using the first-difference approach, I compare the short-term and long-term changes in the extensive and intensive margins of labor with and without access to paid leave policies when a health deterioration of the older family member occurs. My preliminary results show that, without paid leave policy, the health event of a spouse/partner or an older parent/-in-law affects women’s labor supply but not men’s. Paid leave provided by an employer increases the labor supply for both women and men, with the more noticeable long-term effects for men. State paid family leave increases women’s wage and salary both in the short run and in the long run. My findings underline the importance of paid leave policy for retaining the workers in need of providing care for a family member, particularly for women.
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Secco-Oliveira, Letícia Dal Picolo Dal, Maria Lúcia Teixeira Machado, and Maria Zanin. "Solidarity economy and family dynamics of recyclable pickers: A view from the science, technology and society field." Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships 15, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 119–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.4235.
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As researches in the social psychology of work field indicate, workers are exposed to the subjective influences of their work environment, with the possibility of interinstitutional and systemic influences due to intersubjectivity. Economic-solidarity enterprises, having an organization and nature different from the capitalist companies and being considered as Social Technologies, from the perspective of the Science, Technology and Society research field, contribute to these influences, which include techniques, methods and products. As the family is one of the main belonging institutions to the persons, this study aimed to investigate the influences of economic-solidarity work relationships on the family dynamics of these cooperatives workers. The research field was the Cooperativa de Trabalho dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis de São Carlos [São Carlos Work Cooperative of Waste Pickers], São Paulo, Brazil, and the method used was thematic oral history. Fieldwork was carried out using participant observation techniques and semi-structured interviews with waste pickers and family members, which were transcribed for content analysis and transcriated for feedback to the research participants and validation of the information. Three main characteristics were observed permeating the interviews: that the economic-solidarity principles, even if not theoretically understood, when experienced in the work space, are potential to change people's behavior; that the organization of cooperative work positively influenced family dynamics; and that the cooperative organization was considered as a possibility for the economic inclusion of socially excluded people. The most prominent influences of economic-solidarity work relationships on family dynamics were the increased tolerance and cooperation in carrying out daily tasks and responsibilities.