Australian Bulletin of Labour articles from June 2007

Australian Bulletin of Labour archives from June 2007

Introduction to special issue taking care: work and family policy issues for Australia.
June 1, 2007... This special issue has its origins in an Academy of Social Sciences in Australia workshop held in November 2005 (Baird and Whitehouse 2006). In the intervening period, the issues we addressed and concerns we then raised have become more, rather...

Maternity leave and return to work in Australia--accessibility and use in a state utility.
June 1, 2007... Abstract The paper examines access to anal use of maternity leave anal return to work policies in a large organisation. The analysis is set within the context of evidence from a recent national survey which illustrates the combinations of...

Paid maternity leave in 'best practice' organisations: introduction, implementation and organisational context.
June 1, 2007... Abstract To date, Australia has no national paid maternity leave scheme, and access to such leave remains limited. In the private and community sectors in particular, workplace provision of paid maternity leave relies on individual...

Marginalising women in the labour market: 'wage scarring' effects of part-time work.
June 1, 2007... Abstract Australian women are encouraged to use part-time work to alleviate work and family imbalance. Accordingly, part-time work enabling women to maintain attachment to their career, to acquire human capital, and to add to their...

What does family-friendly really mean? Wellbeing, time, and the quality of parents' jobs.
June 1, 2007... Abstract We present a brief index of parent job quality, classifying jobs by four working conditions: paid parental leave, perceived security, control and flexible work times. Jobs vary from optimal (with all conditions) to poor (none or...

Budgeting for work--life balance: the ideology and politics of work and family policy in Australia.
June 1, 2007... Abstract Since its election in 1996 the Howard Government has invested billions of dollars in Australian families with children. Much of this money has been delivered through policies the Government claims will 'support families in the...

The right to request flexible working: a 'very British' approach to gender (in)equality?
June 1, 2007... Abstract The UK has introduced an unusual right for parents of young children to be able to request a change to their working arrangements, and an obligation on employers to consider such requests seriously. This paper examines why such a...