INFORMAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY: A NEW FRONTIER OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOUR MARKET
The article deals with the discrimination of workers who are responsible for caring for elderly family members. Some basic questions emanating from carers’ discrimination in the light of workplace norms, organisational culture, policies for coordinating care and work, the gendered nature of informa...
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| description | The article deals with the discrimination of workers who are responsible for caring for elderly family members. Some basic questions emanating from carers’ discrimination in the light of workplace norms, organisational culture, policies
for coordinating care and work, the gendered nature of informal eldercare, and anti-discrimination legislation are posed. A review of the literature shows that both female and male carers are exposed to discrimination and that the fundamental
sources of discriminatory behaviour include stereotypes of working carers, their taking or requesting of flexible working arrangements and leave to care for a family member, a lack of, or inadequate, work–care reconciliation policies, and
deficiencies in the law. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d4a77f5e5c94f5a8a7522692433bccb2024-01-05T19:09:06ZengUniversity of LjubljanaDružboslovne Razprave0352-36082023-09-01XXXIX103173910.51936/dr.39.103.17-39INFORMAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY: A NEW FRONTIER OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOUR MARKET Zdenka Šadl0University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social SciencesThe article deals with the discrimination of workers who are responsible for caring for elderly family members. Some basic questions emanating from carers’ discrimination in the light of workplace norms, organisational culture, policies for coordinating care and work, the gendered nature of informal eldercare, and anti-discrimination legislation are posed. A review of the literature shows that both female and male carers are exposed to discrimination and that the fundamental sources of discriminatory behaviour include stereotypes of working carers, their taking or requesting of flexible working arrangements and leave to care for a family member, a lack of, or inadequate, work–care reconciliation policies, and deficiencies in the law.https://www.sociolosko-drustvo.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DR103-Sadl.pdfinformal family careworking carerseldercarediscriminationwork–care conflict |
| spellingShingle | Zdenka Šadl INFORMAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY: A NEW FRONTIER OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOUR MARKET Družboslovne Razprave informal family care working carers eldercare discrimination work–care conflict |
| title | INFORMAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY: A NEW FRONTIER OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOUR MARKET |
| title_full | INFORMAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY: A NEW FRONTIER OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOUR MARKET |
| title_fullStr | INFORMAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY: A NEW FRONTIER OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOUR MARKET |
| title_full_unstemmed | INFORMAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY: A NEW FRONTIER OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOUR MARKET |
| title_short | INFORMAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY: A NEW FRONTIER OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOUR MARKET |
| title_sort | informal care for the elderly a new frontier of discrimination in employment and the labour market |
| topic | informal family care working carers eldercare discrimination work–care conflict |
| url | https://www.sociolosko-drustvo.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DR103-Sadl.pdf |
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