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

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Series -- Women, Precarious Work And Care: The Failure Of Family-friendly Rights -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editor's Preface -- One Introduction -- Family-friendly Rights And Precarious Workers -- What This Book Argues -- What Can We Do? -- Two Starting And Surviving In Precarious Work -- Starting Precarious Work -- Zero-hours And Agency Workers -- Workers On Temporary Contracts -- Workers On Low-hours Permanent Contracts -- Multiple Contracts -- Structural Discrimination Surviving In Precarious Work -- Pay -- Low Pay -- Hidden Low Pay -- Paying To Work -- Making Ends Meet -- Housing -- Conclusion -- Key Points -- Three Providing Care: Daily Routines And Experiences -- Types Of Care -- Daily Routines -- Getting Up Early -- Little Wiggle Room Between Activities -- Going Without Sleep -- Transport -- Moving Between Residences -- Scheduling -- What Women Felt About Care -- Mothers And Role Models -- Worrying While At Work -- Guilt -- Being Pulled Away From Children By Work -- Witnessing Decline -- Effects Of Work And Care On Social Life -- Feeling Overwhelmed Conclusion -- Key Points -- Four Care Networks -- People Involved In Care Networks -- Single Parents -- Partners Or Ex-partners -- Adult Children -- Parents -- Siblings -- Friends -- Family Or Friends Not Nearby -- Strategies In Care Networks -- Care Networks Involving Nurseries, Schools And Adult Care Providers -- Nurseries And Childcare -- Schools -- School Holidays -- Adult Care Providers -- Care Homes -- Care Strategies With Nurseries, Schools And Adult Care Providers -- Conclusion -- Key Points -- Five Rocking The Boat: Talking About Care In A Precarious Job How Interviewees Felt About Work -- Interviewees Enjoyed Their Work -- Second-class Citizens -- Coping With Job Uncertainty -- Last-minute Shifts -- Communicating With Employers About Care -- Care-fog -- Fear Of Rocking The Boat -- Feeling Confident -- Conclusion -- Key Points -- Six How Employers Responded -- Negative Environments And Responses -- Generally Inflexible -- Structural Discrimination -- Demotion, Disciplinaries And Dismissals -- Positive Responses -- Conclusion -- Key Points -- Seven What Women Did Next -- Finding Out About Employment Rights -- Contracts And Bargaining Power Zero-hours Workers -- Workers On Temporary Contracts And Agency Workers -- Workers On Low-hours Permanent Contracts -- Multiple Contracts -- What Women Did Next -- Less Bargaining Power -- Absorbing The Stress And Going Into Work -- Taking Sick Leave -- Deciding Not To Draw On Rights Or Widespread 'good Practice' -- Leave The Job -- More Bargaining Power -- Bringing Children To Work -- Refraining From Sick Leave -- Dropping Hours -- Asserting Needs Of The Carer Or Family -- Asserting Legal Rights -- Conclusion -- Key Points -- Eight Care-friendly Rights For Precarious Workers Electronic Reproduction. New York Available Via World Wide Web.