Work-life balance and the economic crisis. Volume I, The Spanish scenario : some insights from the perspective of comparative law / edited by Lourdes Mella Méndez and Lavinia Serrani ; contributors, M Angustias Benito Benitez [and eighteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mella Méndez, Lourdes, editor.

Serrani, Lavinia, editor.

Benitez, M Angustias Benito, contributor.

Series:

ADAPT Labour Studies Book-Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation.

Work-life balance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

No one can deny the significance attributed to the issue of reconciling work and private life by contemporary society, the EU and other international organisations. Its relevance is evident in the multifaceted nature of this topic and the need for each party to the employment contract to strike a proper balance between professional and personal responsibilities, based on the assumption that people can successfully harmonise their work with life. Following on from these considerations, this volume provides a detailed analysis of work-life balance and its regulation in a number of EU countries,

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter One-Work-life Balance

Determining Elements for the Effectiveness of Work-Family Balance in Spain

The Effects of the Crisis on the Right to Balance Work and Family Life

Legal Shortcomings and Collective Bargaining in the Regulation of Work-Life Balance

Self-Employment and the Reconciliation of Family, Personal and Professional Life

The Work-Life Balance in Spain after the 2012 Reform in a Frame of Flexicurity from a Gender Perspective

Chapter Two-Working Time and Reconciliation Rights

Workers' Annual Paid Leave as a Tool to Reconcile Work and Family Life in Spanish Legislation

The Flexible Nature of Part-Time Work and the Reconciliation of Work and Family Life

Reduction of Working Hours and Leave to Look After Children and Relatives

Working Time Flexibility as a Mechanism of Reconciliation

Chapter Three-Maternity, Employment and Work-Life Balance

Working Time, Timetable Rationalisation and Work-life Balance in Spain

The Economic Crisis and the Protection of Self-employed Biological Mothers

The Impact of Single Motherhood on Employment

The Dismissal of Pregnant Workers during the Probationary Period

Gender Discrimination in the Legal Configuration of Maternity Leave in Spain

Benefits for Workers Caring For Minors with Cancer or Other Serious Illnesses

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 30, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8781-1

OCLC:

951223660