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dc.contributor.authorJefferson, Therese
dc.contributor.authorPreston, Alison
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:26:48Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:26:48Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:25:34Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationJefferson, Therese and Preston, Alison. 2007. WorkChoices and family-friendly working hours: An assessment of data sources. Labour and Industry. 18 (1): 47-67.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11764
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10301763.2007.10669358
dc.description.abstract

When the Australian Federal Government introduced the WorkChoices legislation in 2006, one of its stated aims was to facilitate the negotiation of 'family-friendly' employment arrangements. This article assesses our capacity to achieve an accurate picture of 'family-friendly' arrangements in the new regulatory regime and examines the adequacy of publicly available indicators of women's employment status. We focus specifically on the capacity of current data to monitor 'family-friendly' employment arrangements in the form of flexible working hours and find that while there are a range of potential indicators, few will give a complete assessment of how women are faring. We conclude that there is ample capacity to reduce the fragmentation of currently available information and to increase the regularity with which it is collected. There is also a need for additional research to determine the indicators that might be most relevant to women in vulnerable positions in the workforce.

dc.publisherCentre for Workplace Culture Change RMIT
dc.titleWorkChoices and family-friendly working hours: An assessment of data sources
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume18
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage47
dcterms.source.endPage67
dcterms.source.titleLabour and Industry
curtin.departmentGraduate School of Business: Women in Social & Economic Research
curtin.identifierEPR-3064
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyCurtin Business School
curtin.facultyGraduate School of Business


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