A right to care? : unpaid work in European employment law /

The reconciliation of unpaid care work and paid employment is among the most pressing and difficult problems currently facing employment law. Nicole Busby assesses the potential to situate a right to care within employment law, and for the recognition of carer status as a means of protecting against...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Busby, Nicole
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:	Oxford monographs on labour law.
Subjects:	Caregivers > European Union countries. Labor laws and legislation > European Union countries. Voluntarism > European Union countries. Aidants naturels > Pays de l'Union européenne. Bénévolat > Pays de l'Union européenne. Eldercare. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS. LAW. Social Services & Welfare. Public Policy. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Services bénévoles. Services sociaux. Travail non rémunéré. Droit du travail. UE/CE Droit. Travail temporaire. Caregivers Labor laws and legislation Voluntarism European Union countries Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Unpaid care and paid work in European emloyment law
Theoretical perspectives on work and care
Paid work and unpaid care : the unsolved conflict
Situating a right to care in European employment law
European Union law and policy : balancing paid employment and unpaid care within a market order
The case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Conclusions : solving the unpaid care/paid work conflict