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Title: About Time for Change
Author: Jones, Alexandra
Date: June 2003
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Research commissioned for the re-launch of the Employers for Work-Life Balance website to investigate whether people are feeling a ‘time squeeze’ and how they are managing their work-life balance. Discusses how effective the ‘business case’ for work-life balance is.
Subject: hours of work; flexible working
Material Type: Report
Audience: employers; policymakers

Title: About time: flexible working
Corporate Authors: Work and Parents Task Force
Date: 2001
Subject: work life balance; flexible working hours
Material Type: Report
Audience: employer; academics

Title: Advancing women in the workplace: case studies
Authors: Miller, Linda and Neathey, Fiona
Date: 2004
Website: http://www.eoc.org.uk
Abstract: Case study research in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, which examines actions taken by employers to help women advance in the workplace. I nvestigates the types of approach that selected public and private sector employers had taken to address the barriers that impede the progress of women in the workplace, the ways in which such initiatives had been implemented within organizations, and the outcomes of these actions.
Subject: gender; women; employment; public sector; private sector
Material Type: Working Paper; Case studies
Audience: employer; academics

Title: Advancing women in the workplace: statistical analysis
Authors: Thewlis, Michael; Miller, Linda and Neathey, Fiona
Date: 2004
Website: http://www.eoc.org.uk
Abstract: R eview current employment statistics across Europe and in the three study countries using a combination of Eurostat and European Labour Force Survey (ELFS) data, as well as data from other sources, such as national education statistics.
Subject: gender; women; employment; public sector; private sector; statistics
Material Type: Working Paper
Audience: academics

Title: Age equality comes of age
Authors: Spencer, Sarah and Fredman, Sandra
Date: July 2003
Website: http://www.ippr.org.uk/
Abstract: This book questions, amongst other things, whether the 1970s litigation model of discrimination legislation the Government proposes will deliver the vast change needed in culture and practice.
Subject: work life balance; flexible working hours
Material Type: Book
Audience: employer; academics

Title: Age as an equality issue: legal and policy perspectives
Authors: O‘Cinneide, Colm et. al.
Date: 2003
Abstract: Examination of the nature of the ageing process and an analysis of the concept of age equality focusing on employment, education and health. Additional chapters include discrimination against children and the ageing process in the US and other European countries.
Subject: older worker; discrimination; equality; demographics
Material Type: Book
Audience: academics

Title: Age equality duty: the time has come, An
Authors: Harrop, Andrew; Saltmarshe, Ella
Date: 2004
Abstract: Looks into the government introduction of duties requiring public bodies to promote gender and disability equality. Discusses issues covering ageism and employment.
Subject: older worker; equality; discrimination; public sector; disability
Material Type: Report
Audience: employer; academics

Title: Around the clock: childcare services at atypical times
Authors: Statham, June and Mooney, Ann
Date: July 2003
Web Site: http://www.jrf.org.uk
Abstract: Research report on the changes to the UK ’s service-based economy and the move towards 24-hour operation, which require parents to work outside traditional 'nine-to-five' hours, Monday to Friday, and the childcare options open to them. Looks at the barriers to developing childcare services to cover atypical working hours, and explore factors that may help to facilitate service development.
Subject: childcare; hours of work; flexible working hours; work life balance; family friendly
Material Type: Report
Audience: academics; policy makers

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Title: Benefiting from a balanced Life
Corporate Authors: Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
Date: 1999
Web Site: http://www.cipd.co.uk/default.cipd
Abstract: A survey of 2000 people management professionals looking at the range of benefits to assist staff in their work/life balance. Available as a free document on CIPD website, once registered as a guest.
Subject: work life balance; flexible benefits
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: employer; academics

Title: British lone parent cohort and their children 1991 to 2001, The
Authors: Marsh, Alan and Vegeris, Sandra
Date: 2004
Website: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/
Abstract: This r eport shows a rise in the number of lone parents in employment since 1991, from 29% of the sample of 940 parents, to 56% in 2001. It is indicative that 2/3 of the lone parent families followed by the researchers over the ten year period of the study had done well.
Subject: work-life balance; flexible working
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: academic; policy-maker

Title: Burnt out or burning bright? The effect of stress in the workplace
Corporate Authors:
Mental Health Foundation, The
Date: 2001
Web Site: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
Abstract: Research into the effects of stress in the workplace compiled following discussions with directors, senior executives and human resource managers at companies including Credit Suisse First Boston, Volvo Car UK Limited and Pearson plc and is supplemented by a review of current literature on stress at work.
Subject: stress; working conditions; hours of work; management
Material Type: Research paper
Audience: academics

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Title: Changing demographics
Authors: Williams, Laura and Jones, Alexandra
Date: 2005
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Report examining how changing demographics are impacting upon the labour market, upon the way people wish to work, and upon organisations seeking to manage people’s expectations.
Subject: population; hours of work; flexible working
Material Type: Report
Audience: employers; academics; policymakers

Title: Changing times: work and leisure in post- industrial society
Author: Gershuny, Jonathan
Date: 2000
Abstract: Is there a 'speed-up' of daily life? Have the best-off members of developed societies lost their leisure? Have women won their jobs but kept their housework? This book seeks to answer these and similar questions, putting together, for the first time, evidence of changing time-use patterns drawn from forty large-scale surveys, from twenty countries in Western Europe, North America, and Australia, covering the last third of the twentieth century.
Subject: flexible working; hours of work; work life balance
Material Type: Book
Audience: academics

Title: Childcare for working parents: fifth report of session 2002-3
Date:
July 2003
Web Site: http://www.tso.co.uk/bookshop/bookstore.asp?FO=1160005
Abstract: Report and minutes from the House of Commons Work and Pensions select committee on working parents and childcare. Issues addressed include: Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) vision of childcare; provision of childcare; funding of childcare providers; children’s centres; childcare tax credit; informal care funding; tax incentives for employers and the childcare workforce.
Subject: family friendly; childcare; incentive schemes; tax; Government policy
Material Type: Report
Audience: academic

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Title: Demanding Society: managing Work in 2010, The
Corporate Authors: Ceridian Centrefile
Date: 2002
Web Site: www.centrefile.co.uk
Abstract: Survey looks at the employer and employee's point of view and investigates what changes are required to shape the future work of work.
Subject: organisational culture; employment; work life balance
Material Type: Survey
Audience: employer support; academic

Title: Desperately seeking flexibility: is job share the answer?
Authors: Savage, Carol; Knell, John and Dr Janman, Karen
Date: 2001
Web Site: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: This study explores the characteristics of flexible working and job sharing among senior managers in the UK . A joint study between The Industrial Society, The Resource Connection and SHL
Subjects: flexible working; hours of work; job share; management
Material Type: Research
Audience: academic

Title: Domestics: UK domestic workers and their reluctant employers
Author:
Jones, Alexandra
Date: June 2004
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Report examining the extent to which individuals ‘outsource’ housework and looking at which types of household tend to do this. The report also examines how employment relationships tend to operate within the household.
Subject: unskilled workers; domestic sector; flexible working; hours of work; work-life balance
Material Type: Report
Audience: academics; policymakers

Title: Dream On: sleep in the 24/7 society
Authors: Leadbeater, Charles
Date: 2004
Web Site: http://www.demos.co.uk/catalogue/dreamon/
Abstract: This report exposes how a combination of long hours and high-pressure jobs is affecting people's sleep and creating a cycle of tiredness and stress.
Subject: stress; hours of work; working time; working conditions
Material Type: Report
Audience: employers; academic; individuals

Article Title: Dual-earner parents with disabled children: family patterns for working and caring. In: Journal of family issues
Authors: Lewis, S., Kagan, C. and Heaton, P.
Date: vol.21, no.8, 2000, pp.1031-1060
Subject: hours of work; working time; working conditions; childcare; carers
Material Type: Journal Article
Audience: employers; academic; individual

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Title: Employee commitment as an outcome of family-friendly policies? an analysis of the workplace employee relations survey
Authors: Dex, S. and Smith, C
Date: 2001
Web Site: http://www.jims.cam.ac.uk/
Abstract: This paper uses data from the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS) to model the determinants of the extent of employee’s commitment to their employer.
Subject: employee relations; family friendly policies
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: employer; policy maker; academics

Title: Evaluation of the Work-Life Balance Challenge Fund (Employment Relations Research Series No. 32
Authors:
A. Nelson et al.
Date: 2004
Web Site: DTI.
Abstract: The DTI’s Work-Life Balance Challenge Fund helps employers develop work-life balance policies and practices. This evaluation by the Tavistock Institute found that the Fund did enable employers to introduce successful work-life balance schemes, and looks at factors, which helped employers to implement work-life balance policies and practices successfully.
Subject: family friendly; flexible working; organisational culture; work-life balance
Material Type: Research
Audience: employer; academics; individuals; policy maker

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Title: Family business
Author: Wilkinson, Helen
Date: 2000
Website: http://www.demos.co.uk/catalogueinfo/default.aspx
Abstract: Contributions from an international range of individuals and that discusses the emerging work-life agenda, assessment of recent policy initiatives and offers practical solutions for the future.
Subject: family friendly; work life balance
Material Type: Book
Audience: academics

Title: Family-friendly working, what a performance: an analysis of the relationship between the availability of family-friendly policies and establishment performance
Author: Gray, H.
Date: 2001
Abstract: This paper uses the Management and Employee Questionnaires from the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS98) to consider whether the performance of workplaces which offer a range of family-friendly policies are superior to that of workplaces without such practices. The research found that in almost all cases where there is a significant relationship between the use of a family-friendly practice and workplace performance, this relationship is positive.
Subject: family friendly; work life balance
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employer; academics

Title: Flexible futures: flexible working and work-life integration: summary findings from stage two of the research
Author:
Cooper, Professor Cary L
Date: 2001
Abstract: Second stage of research commissioned by Centre for Business Performance, at Institute of Charted Accountants, in England and Wales, into flexible working and the accountancy profession. This part of the research was a more in-depth study into issues, which arose from the first stage. The report can be accessed as an electronic PDF document from Centre of Business Performance.
Subject: family friendly; work life balance; financial sector
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academic

Title: Flexible working and paternity leave: the full rate for fatherhood
Corporate Author:
CIPD
Date: 2005
Abstract: Based on research by MORI, this report examines the attitudes of employees to paternity leave and flexible working. It also shows a growing acceptance of flexible working by employers. Contents include: proportion of employees who have access to flexible working practices and the extent to which requests to employers are granted; attitudes to the length of statutory paternity leave and statutory paternity pay; organisational, social and cultural factors influencing whether or not paternity leave is taken.
Subject: flexible working; family friendly; paternity leave
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employer; academic; individuals; policy-makers

Title: Free to choose: tackling gender barriers to better jobs - Great Britain summary report - EOC's investigation into workplace segregation of women and men
Corporate Author: Equal Opportunities Commission. Great Britain
Date: 2005
Abstract : This is the EOC Investigation into the segregation of men and women in training and work (known as occupational segregation), according to its statutory powers under section 57 (1) of the Sex Discrimination Act. These allow the Commission to make recommendations for changes to policies and procedures or even to the law. The investigation has concentrated on five sectors: construction, engineering, plumbing, information and communications technology (ICT), and childcare.
Subject: gender; equal opportunities; hours of work; engineering industries; occupational segregation; legislation
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employer, policy maker, individuals, academics

Title: Free to choose: tackling gender barriers to better jobs - England final report - EOC's investigation into workplace segregation and apprenticeships
Corporate Author: Equal Opportunities Commission. Great Britain
Date: 2005
Abstract: This is the EOC Investigation into the segregation of men and women in training and work (known as occupational segregation), according to its statutory powers under section 57 (1) of the Sex Discrimination Act. The investigation has concentrated on four of the sectors: construction, engineering, plumbing, and information and communications technology (ICT).
Subject: gender; equal opportunities; hours of work; engineering industries; occupational segregation; legislation
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employer, policy maker, individuals, academics

Title: Full and fulfilling employment: creating the labour market of the future
Corporate Author: Department of Trade and Industry . Great Britain
Date: 2002
Abstract: This paper "analyses the UK labour market and sets out the Government's vision of its future direction and the policies being delivered to help achieve this." It explains the three principles that underlie government policies for the labour market of the future: full employment, diversity and choice, and raising productivity.
Subject: labour market; Government policy; diversity; productivity; business performance
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academics

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Title: Gender and benefits
Author: Bennett, Fran
Date: 2005
Website: http://www.eoc.org.uk
Abstract: This report examines social security benefits/tax credits in the UK and discusses ways in which they may reinforce inequalities between women and men. It argues for a more explicit focus on gender when considering the benefits/tax credits system .
Subject: gender; social benefits; benefits; employment; pay
Material Type: Working Paper
Audience : employer; academics

Title: Gender, jobs and working conditions in the European Union
Author:
Fagan, Colette
Date: 2002
Website: http://www.eurofound.eu.int
Abstract: Research paper based on findings from the 3rd European survey on working conditions, this report assesses the gendered nature of working conditions. Analysis includes: gender segregation in paid and unpaid work; job content and workplace environment; working time and impact of working conditions on health and work life balance.
Subject: labour market; diversity; occupational segregation; gender; work life balance
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academics

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Title: Hard Labour: the sociology of parenthood and career
Author: Gatrell, C
Date: 2004
Website: http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0335214886.html
Abstract: This book examines changes in family practices and paid work in the 21st century. Focusing on highly qualified mothers who combine childcare with employment. It also takes into account the views of fathers, making it a rounded study of family practice in the new millennium. Subject: family friendly; flexible working; organisational culture; work-life balance
Material Type: Book
Audience: employers; academics; individuals; policy-makers

Title: High Performance management practices, working hours and work-life balance. In: British Journal of Industrial Relations
Authors: White, M et. al.
Date: 2003, vol. 41, no. 2, pp.175 – 19
Abstract: The effects of selected high performance practices and working hours on work-life balance are analysed with data from national surveys of British employees in 1992 and 2000.
Subject: work-life balance; hours of work; performance; flexible working
Material Type: Article
Audience: academics

Title: How to tackle psychological issues and reduce work-related stress
Corporate Author: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Date: 2002
Website: http://www.eurofound.eu.int
Abstract: Report on the psychological working environment and occupational stress. Includes: examples of legislation and regulation in Europe; improvements in the psychological work environment - stress and risk management, health circles, absence management; reduction of stress; prevention of violence at work and prevention of bullying. Each area is supported by case studies from European wide organisations.
Subject: stress; stress management; work-life balance; case studies
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academics

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Title: ICM Surveys and focus groups: summary
Corporate Author:
Equal Opportunities Commission.
Date: 2005
Website: http://www.eoc.org.uk/
Abstract: This is a report of the main findings of the ICM research (Commissioned by EOC) that surveyed over 200 people between 5 –9 January 2005, to ask their views on childcare, maternity & paternity leave, flexible working & attitudes to part-time workers, carers and pensions
Subject: flexible working; paternity leave; parental leave; childcare, work-life balance
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: employers, academic, individuals, policy-makers

Title: Impact of women's position in the labour market on pay and implications for UK productivity, The
Author: Walby, Professor Sylvia
Date: 2002
Website: http://www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk/
Abstract: Research report produced by the Women and Equality Unit for the DTI on the impact of women's position in the labour market, on their pay and the implications for productivity. Includes analysis of: the concept and measurement of productivity; gender pay gap; occupational mobility surrounding childbirth; training and learning. Includes statistics throughout.
Subject: labour market; pay; productivity measurement; statistics; diversity; women
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academics

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Title: Jobs for the boys and the girls: promoting a smart, successful and equal Scotland
Authors: Thomson, Emily et. al.
Date: 2005
Website: http://www.eoc.org.uk
Abstract: The segregation of women and men into different types of employment has a damaging effect on the economy by failing to make the most efficient use of the potential workforce and holding back increased productivity.
Subject: gender; occupational segregation; employment; Scotland
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employers; academics; individuals

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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: 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

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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: 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 p aper 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: 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: 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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Title: Tackling stress at work: a trade unionists guide
Corporate Author: Labour Research Department
Date: 2002
Website: www.lrd.org.uk/
Abstract: An overview of the reported extent and causes of stress in the workplace. Provides a legal framework, with reference to specific legislation. Provides guidance on how to combat stress at work, both the employers' responsibilities and how the trade union rep can assist. Includes the TUC stress MOT model.
Subject: stress ; work-life balance; trade union
Material Type: Report
Audience: academics; employer

Title: True flexibility at work: attitudes towards the 24/7 culture
Author: Holton, Viki
Date: 2002
Abstract: Report of research carried out into attitudes to flexible working of 250 senior managers in the UK. General findings were that flexible working is expected to become more prevalent and these attitudes appear to be informed by their own experiences of balancing work and home responsibilities.
Subject: work-life balance; flexible working
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academics

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Title: Voices of Canadians: seeking work-life balance
Corporate Author: Canadian Department of Social Development
Date: 2003
Website: http://www.sdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml
Abstract: This report is a compilation of the comments of Canadian workers regarding how they feel about the stress they are facing in their daily lives as they seek to balance work and family. It makes recommendations for employers and government about how they can reduce work-life conflict.
Subject: work-life balance; flexible working; stress; occupational health
Material Type: Report
Audience: policy-maker; employer; individuals; academics

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Title: Where's Daddy? The UK Fathering Deficit
Authors: Jones, Alexandra and Bevan, Stephen
Date: December 2003
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Report considers the causes of the UK’s growing ‘Fathering Deficit’, present findings from a survey of working fathers, and suggest adjustments to both policy and practice.
Subject: fathers; flexible working; work-life balance
Material Type: Report
Audience: policymakers; employers; academics

Title: Women and flexible working in the NHS
Authors: Coyle, Angela
Date: 2003
Abstract: This research examines the nature of flexible working within the NHS and its impact on women.
Subject: work-life balance; absence; stress; occupational health
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: policy-maker; employer; individuals; academics

Title: Work and families: choice and flexibility – TUC response
Corporate Author: TUC
Date:
2005
Website: http://www.tuc.org.uk/
Abstract: T UC response to DTI consultation: 'Work and Families: Choice and Flexibility' - which addresses a number of key workplace issues.
Subject: family friendly; work life balance; hours of work
Material Type: Consultation Paper
Audience: academics

Title: Work and family life in the 21st century
Authors: Dex, Shirley
Date: 2003
Website: http://www.jrf.org.uk
Abstract: “An overview of a research programme examining the relationship between work and family life, drawing together the findings from 19 individual research projects to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of this relationship at the beginning of the twenty-first century, addressing issues such as childcare, caring for older relatives, employment and self-employment, flexible working, working unsociable hours and the ability to move with a job.”
Subject: work-life balance; flexible working
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academics

Title: Working beyond 60: key policies and practices in Europe
Author: Reday-Mulvey, Geneviève
Date: 2005
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Abstract: This book provides an in-depth analysis of the growing importance of work beyond sixty and a comparative discussion of new policies in several EU Member States as well as of company practice
Subject: older workers; ageing population; flexible working; employment
Material Type: Book
Audience: employer; academics; individuals

Title: Working fathers: earning and caring: a review of recent literature on fathers in employment and secondary analysis of existing data sets.
Authors: O’Brien, Margaret and Shemlit, Ian
Date: 2003
Abstract : This report provide a review of literature on fathers in employment focusing on both their ability to balance work with family life and the role they play within the family
Subject: family friendly; work life balance; hours of work
Material Type: Research Discussion
Audience: academics

Title: Working to live or living to work? Work/life balance early in the career, In: Human Resource Management Journal
Authors: Sturges, Jane and Guest, David
Date: 2004, Vol. 14, Issue 4 p5-20
Abstract: This article reports the findings of research that explored relationships between work/life balance, work/non-work conflict, hours worked and organisational commitment among a sample of graduates in the early years of their career.
Subject: work-life balance; hours of work; flexible working; psychological contract.
Material Type: Article
Audience: academics; employer

Title: Working to the limit: stress and work–life balance in academic and academic …
Authors:
Kinman, Gail and Jones, Fiona
Date: 2004
Abstract: This study assesses the stressors and job-related strains currently experienced by academic and academic-related employees in the UK. It also examines the issue of work–life balance experienced by university.
Subject: work-life balance; flexible working; stress
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employer; academics; individuals

Title: Work-life balance
Corporate Authors: The Work Foundation
Date: 2003
Website: www.theworkfoundation.com
Abstract: Survey and case study report, addressing attitudes, policies, measures, handling request, refusals, take-up, and organisational benefits. Case studies included are from award winning UK organisations.
Subject: work-life balance; flexible working; flexible benefits
Material Type: Survey Report
Audience: employer; academics

Title: Work-Life Balance, careers and the psychological contract
Author: Glynn, C
Date: 2000
Website: http://www.roffeypark.com
Abstract: This research suggests that work-life balance is an issue that appears to be exerting a growing influence on employee career decisions.
Subject: work-life balance; flexible working; flexible benefits; psychological contract
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: employer; academics

Title: Work-Life Balance: the role of the manager
Author: Glynn, C
Date: 2002
Website: http://www.roffeypark.com
Abstract: Regardless of whether formal policies are in place, it is the attitudes, skills and behaviours of line managers, which ultimately determine the success of flexible working arrangements.
Subject: work-life balance; flexible working; flexible benefits; psychological contract
Material Type: Research Report
Audience: academics

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