Women, Precarious Work and Care: The Failure of Family-Friendly Rights

by Emily Grabham

Most workers on temporary, zero hours and involuntary part-time contracts in the UK are women. Many are also carers. Yet employment law tends to exclude such women from family-friendly rights.

Drawing on interviews with women in precarious work, this book exposes the everyday problems that these workers face balancing work and care. It argues for stronger and more extensive rights that address precarious workers' distinctive experiences.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529218713
• ISBN13: 9781529218718
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"