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Title: Key
issues in women’s work
Author: Hakim,
Cathrine
Date: 2004
Abstract: This research asserts that the Swedish
experience of family friendly policies is not as it seems. Although
there is a well-developed system of family friendly initiatives,
the glass ceiling is higher than in the US with women comprising
only 1.5% of senior management as compared to 11% in the US. The
author believes that raising children and having a career are fundamentally
incompatible.
Subject: family friendly; work life balance; women;
glass ceiling
Material Type: Book
Audience: academics
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Title: (The)
Labour of hours: is managing time the route to smarter working?
Author: Jones, Alexandra
Date: July 2004
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Argues that the both unions and
business need to re-think working time debates. The focus should
be on improving productivity and ‘smarter working’ rather
than hours worked.
Subject: flexible working; hours of work; work-life
balance;
Material Type: Working
paper
Audience: policy-maker;
individuals; employers
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Title: Management Agenda, The
Author: Roffey Park Management Institute
Date: 2005
Website: http://www.roffeypark.com/index.html
Abstract: Now in its eighth year, this report
- examines the challenges that managers and organisations are facing.
Developed from a survey of over 600 UK managers, this year's report
covers trends relating to organisational change, organisational
life, organisational culture, the 'employee deal' and working across
boundaries.
Subject: organisational change; work life balance;
employee relations
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academics
Title: Managing
Best Practice: survey and Report on Work-life Balance
Author: The Work Foundation
Date: August 2003
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Digest of research on work-life balance,
including legal issues, best practice case studies and management documents.
Subject: flexible working; hours of work; work-life
balance; case studies; surveys
Material Type: Report
Audience: employers; academics;
policy-maker
Title: Managing special leave. Managing
Best Practice Series
Corporate Author: The Work Foundation
Date: 2002
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Survey includes: policies on special
leave leave for public duties, medical activities, domestic activities,
overseas visits and lengthy holidays. Also includes policy on family
sickness leave, bereavement, moving house and study leave. Approach
to leave for activities concerned with professional associations
Subject: flexible working; work life balance;
holidays; special leave; sick leave; hours of work
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: academics; employer;
employer support
Title: Marks & Start:
Opening the door to employment?
Authors: Jones, Alexandra; Nathan, Max and Westwood,
Andy
Date: January 2004
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Evaluation against their objectives
of two precursors to the company’s Marks & Start Corporate
Social Responsibiltiy programme: Ready for Work (aimed at homeless
people) and the Young Unemployed Programme. The report also puts
the projects in the context of the UK’s persistent labour market
challenges and draws out lessons and recommendations for Marks & Start,
government policymakers and other employers.
Subject: unemployment; labour market;
Material Type: Report
Audience: employers; policymakers;
academics
Title: Married
to the Job?
Corporate Author: Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
Date: 2001
Website: http://www.cipd.co.uk/
Abstract: Survey explores the impact of working
long hours on relationships with family, friends and work colleagues.
Available as a free document on CIPD website, once registered as
a guest.
Subject: flexible working; work life balance;
hours of work
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: academics; employer;
employer support
Title: Maximising attendance.
Managing Best Practice Series
Corporate Author: The Work Foundation
Date: 2002
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Survey includes: Absence rates, main
causes of absence, extent of absence recording, cost of absence. Flexible
working practices and do they reduce absenteeism.
Subject: flexible working; work life balance; absence;
absence management
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: employer support
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Title: Older
workers and options for flexible work
Authors: Loretto, Wendy; Vickerstaff, Sarah
and White, Phil
Date: 2005
Website: http://www.eoc.org.uk/
Abstract: This paper is a review of the research
on the needs of older female and male workers in relation to flexible
working (part-time work is considered a form of flexible working
for the purposes of this study).
Subject: older workers; work life balance; flexible
working hours; gender
Material Type: Working Paper
Audience: employer; academics;
individuals
Title: Organisations,
careers and caring
Author: Crompton , Rosemary; Dennett,
Jane and Wigfield, Andrea
Date: 2003
Website: http://www.jrf.org.uk/
Abstract: This report assesses the relationship between
family-friendly working and career development.
Subject: family friendly; work life balance; career management,
career development
Material Type: Report
Audience: policy maker, employer support;
self-help
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Title: Parental leave: a guide for employers
and employees
Corporate Author: Department of
Trade and Industry. Great Britain
Date: 2002
Website: www.dti.gov.uk
Abstract: Booklet providing details of employment
law on the right to parental leave, as of 10 January 2002. Chapters
cover: the minimum standard for parental leave; making arrangements
in the workplace to support parental leave; the fallback scheme;
protection from detriment and dismissal; enforcement through employment
tribunals; other help and further information.
Subject: flexible working; work life balance; parental
leave; employment law
Material Type: Book
Audience: employer
support; self-help
Title: Part-time
is no crime: so why the penalty?
Corporate Author: Equal Opportunities Commission.
Great Britain
Date: 2005
Abstract: This is the Interim report of
the EOC’s
investigation into flexible and part-time working, and questions
for consultation. It focuses upon part-time working and sets out
the results of new research commissioned by the EOC and makes some
proposals for tackling these issues. The final report of this investigation,
to be published this summer, will look at flexible working in a broader
context.
Subject: flexible working; work life balance; part-time
employment; employment law
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employer;
academics; individuals
Title: Part-time
pay penalty
Authors: Manning, Alan and
Petrongolo, Barbara
Date: [2004?]
Website: www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk
Abstract: The study findings show that British
women working part-time earn an average 22 per cent less than those
working full-time because of the lack of high-quality part-time jobs
available. The part-time pay penalty suggests that some women are
forced to make a shift to jobs paid at a lower rate to work part-time,
and as a result cannot make the most of their skills and experience.
Subject: flexible working; pay; equal pay; part
time employment
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employer;
policy maker; academics
Title: Part-time
work in Europe
Corporate Author: European
Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions
Date: 2004.
Website: http://www.eurofound.eu.int
Abstract: EU study suggests that part-time workers
are less prone to physical and mental health hazards in working,
and have more time to arrange a social life. Across the EU the numbers
of people working part-time increased from 14.2% in 1992 to 18.1%
in 2002, however only 6.6% of men worked part-time compared to 33.5%
of women. The Netherlands topped the table of the part-time workers
in 2002 with 21.5% of men and 72.8% of women. In the UK, 9.4% of
men and 44% of women worked part-time in 2002, placing the UK second
in the table behind the Netherlands.
Subject: flexible working; part-time employment;
hours of work; work life balance
Material Type: Survey
Report
Audience: academics; policy maker
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Title: Quality
of women’s work and employment: tools for change
Corporate
Author: European Foundation for the
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Date: 2002
Website: http://www.eurofound.eu.int/
Abstract: These paper present findings documenting
the hurdles and achievements along the road towards a better quality
of women’s work and
employment in Europe.
Subject: flexible working; employment; women; Europe
Material
Type: Research Report
Audience: academics
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Title: Recruitment,
retention and turnover 2004: a survey of the UK and Ireland
Corporate
Author: Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
Date: 2004
Website: http://www.cipd.co.uk/
Abstract: The survey reviews how organizations
in the UK and Ireland are tackling the issues of attracting and keeping
their employees.
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: academics;
employer; individuals
Title: Relative
availability of work-life balance practices to lone parents in
Britain, The
Authors: Budd, John and Mumford, Karen
Date: 2003
Website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/
Abstract: This study investigate whether the
availability of work-life balance practices to an employee is influenced
by them being a lone parent. It also explores the availability of these
practices to lone parents compared with their availability to employees
who are not lone parents and, in particular, partnered parents.
Subject: work life balance; flexible working;
single parents
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employer; individuals
Title: Reflections on
the Integration of paid work with the rest of life
Authors: Lewis,
Suzan; Rapoport, Rhona and Gambles, Richenda
Date: [2004?]
Website: http://www.bc.edu
Abstract: This
paper look at why societies seem stuck about how to make equitable, satisfactory
and sustainable changes in the ways in which paid work can be combined with
the rest of life. It examines why work-personal life integration issues have
become so pressing and reflects on implications for working towards more
fundamental changes.
Subject: work-life balance; flexible working; pay
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: academics
Title: Research
on Work-Related Stress
Authors: European
Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Date: 2002
Website: http://agency.osha.eu.int/
Abstract: This
report examines the difficulties involved in placing work stress
in the context of other life stressors.
Subject:
work-life balance; stress; stress management
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academic;
employers
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Title: Sex
and power: who runs Britain?
Corporate Author: Equal
Opportunities Commission. Great Britain
Date: 2005
Website: http://www.eoc.org.uk/
Abstract: This
report focuses on one aspect of diversity: equality between women
and men. It gives a snapshot of women’s representation in
senior positions across the spheres of politics, public life and
business. This year's report includes comparisons with other European
countries, as well as practical proposals for action.
Subject:
work-life balance; diversity; women; gender; occupational segregation;
management
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: policy-maker;
employer
Title: Shared
caring: bringing fathers into the frame
Author: O’Brien, Margaret
Date: 2005
Website: http://www.eoc.org.uk/
Abstract: This
research explores current academic and policy developments to examine
how fathers can be supported to balance their employment and family
commitments.
Subject: work-life balance; fathers; family friendly;
flexible working
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academics;
policy-maker; individuals
Title: Shared
responsibility? short- and long-term effects of Sweden's "Daddy-month" reform
Authors: Ekberg, John and Friebel, Guido
Date: 2004
Abstract: Review of the effect of the 1995 introduction
of paternal leave in Sweden. The research looks at the behaviour
of fathers with children born two weeks before and two weeks after
'Daddy Leave' was introduced. The conclusion states that the number
of fathers taking zero (0) days parental leave decreased from 54%
to 18%, and that fathers taking one month parental leave increased
from 9% to 47%. However the option of one month of leave did not
appear to have affected male attitudes to childcare, which remained
a predominantly female preserve. Fathers taking the 'Daddy Month'
already felt they should help in childcare, thus the option did
not result in men taking time off for childcare duties who would
not previously have considered it a necessary duty.
Subject: work-life balance; fathers; family friendly; flexible
working; parental leave
Material Type: Working Paper
Audience: academics;
employer; individuals
Title: Sicknote
Britain?
Corporate Author: Trades
Union Congress
Date: 2005
Website: www.tuc.org.uk/
Abstract: This
new report by Surrey University for the TUC counters the myths that
UK workers - particularly in the public sector - are always taking ‘sickies',
that stress is not a serious illness and that the solution to ‘sicknote
Britain' is a drastic cutback on the numbers of people in receipt
of Incapacity Benefit. The research found that British workers are
less likely to take short term sick leave than any other European
country except Denmark. The report also says that levels of long-term
absence were lower only in Austria, Germany and Ireland. Four out
of five workers believe taking a day off will ruin their promotion
chances.
Subject: absence; occupational health; stress; work-life
balance
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: employer;
academics; individuals; policy-makers
Title: Sticky floors & cement ceilings: women
in non-managerial roles in the UK
Corporate Author: Opportunity
Now
Date: 2002
Website: http://www.bitc.org.uk
Abstract: Report
looks at barriers to women working at non-managerial levels in organisations,
an often-overlooked pool of talent.
Subject: equal opportunities; gender; equal value; diversity;
women; bottom line
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employer
support; employer
Title: Still
at work?
Author: The Work Foundation
Date: 2005
Website: http://www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: New research on work-life balance by
The Work Foundation shows that 30% of Britons are failing to take their
annual leave entitlement and it is because they believe they are 'too
busy'. Even when most are lying by the pool many workers feel guilty
and continue to check their email and mobile phones for messages.
Subject: work life balance; hours of work ; employment;
holidays
Material type: Research report
Audience: employer; academics ;
individuals
Title: Still
at work: an empirical test of competing theories of the long hours
culture
Authors: Cowling, Marc and Turner, Natalie
Date: April 2005
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Report uses a large-scale European
worker survey to test the validity of several competing hypotheses
of why people work long hours. The results show that there is a labour – quality
of leisure trade-off for women, but not for men. Other key determinants
of long working hours are industry sector, occupational status, gender
and job security proxied by employment contracts. The report also notes
that hours has no impact on job satisfaction.
Subject: flexible working; hours of work; work-life
balance;
Material Type: Report
Audience: academics; policymakers;
employers
Title: Stress:
research on work-related stress
Corporate
Author: European Agency for Safety
and Health at Work
Date: 2002
Website: http://agency.osha.eu.int
Abstract: Comprehensive
report on work-related stress in the EU.
Subject: stress
; work-life balance
Material Type: Report
Audience: academic;
employers
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