Women's Work and the Law: A Review of the Debate in Britain

2000 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 347
Author(s):  
Judy Fudge ◽  
Sandra Fredman ◽  
Catherine Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Women's Work ◽  
Women’S Work ◽  
The Law

scholarly journals BECAUSE OF SEX and A LAW OF HER OWN

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Jocelynne Annette Scutt
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Women's Work ◽  
Reasonable Person ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Women’S Work ◽  
Reasonable Person Standard ◽  
The Law ◽  
Reasonable Woman Standard

Though published more than ten years apart, it is timely to review these volumes together. Both books adopt an historical perspective on women under men’s laws, with a strong message for the contemporary world. Because of Sex traces developments constituting, and bringing about, advances in how the law addresses women’s work and roles, and consequent change in society. A Law of Her Own proposes how the law should adopt a revised approach, substituting the ‘reasonable woman’ standard for the existing - generally ubiquitous – ‘reasonable man’ or ‘reasonable person’ standard – which Because of Sex indicates has at least to some degree, in some instances, occurred.

scholarly journals Invisible Consequences: The Health Hazards of "Women's Work" in New Zealand

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 341
Author(s):  
Dawn Duncan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Women's Work ◽  
Health Hazards ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Women’S Work ◽  
Accident Compensation ◽  
Work Health ◽  
The Law

Gordon Anderson has written extensively on the changes in New Zealand's labour laws that have occurred since the late 1960s, and the consequences of these changes for workers. This period saw the narrowing and individualising of work health and safety, the separation of health and safety from other areas of employment relations and the workers' compensation functions of the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) scheme. This article explores one of the largely invisible consequences of these shifts, arguing that gaps have emerged between these areas of law, and these gaps fall disproportionately over the types of work that women typically perform. This article outlines the current gaps in the law and identifies the areas in need of reform.

A NEW GENDER(ED) ORDER? RESEARCHING AND RETHINKING WOMEN’S WORK

Sociology ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 869-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
HARRIET BRADLEY
Keyword(s):  
Women's Work ◽  
Women’S Work

Review of Women's Work, Families, and Health: The Balancing Act.

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 921-922
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Women's Work ◽  
Women’S Work

Technology and Women's Work: Toil and Trouble?

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 832-833
Author(s):  
Marianne LaFrance
Keyword(s):  
Women's Work ◽  
Women’S Work
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