Pregnancy-parenting/ workplace conflicts and tribunal procedures
5Pregnancy-parenting/ workplace conflicts and tribunal procedures It should never be forgotten that tribunals exist for users, and not the other way round. No matter how good tribunals may be, they do not fulfil their function unless they are accessible by the people who want to use them, and unless the . . . Read more
The scope and nature of pregnancy-parenting/ workplace conflicts
2The scope and nature of pregnancy-parenting/ workplace conflicts No self-respecting small businessmen with a brain in the right place would ever employ a lady of childbearing age. UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom cited in The Telegraph (21 July 2004) Introduction As chapter 1 suggests, in the twenty-first century we have witnessed . . . Read more
Challenging and reforming pregnancy-parenting/ workplace regulation
6Challenging and reforming pregnancy-parenting/ workplace regulation In a changed world – one in which women were valued as earners and men as carers and both could choose to engage in the care-giving without costly employment penalties – how would men and women choose to allocate their time between the market . . . Read more
Legislation and policy
3Legislation and policy Promoting good pregnancy-parenting/ workplace relationships? Changes in family life and working patterns are set to continue. In future we are likely to see an increasing number of women and men taking time out from the labour market to care for children or elderly relatives or both. At . . . Read more
Tribunals’ approaches to pregnancy-parenting/ workplace conflicts
4Tribunals’ approaches to pregnancy-parenting/ workplace conflicts Although it is often a considerable inconvenience to an employer to have to make the necessary arrangements to keep a woman’s job open for her whilst she is absent from work in order to have a baby, that is the price that has to . . . Read more
Exploring pregnancy, parenting and employment in the twenty-first century
1Exploring pregnancy, parenting and employment in the twenty-first century If the tensions between the demands of capitalist employment and the requirements for care can no longer be resolved via the domestication of women, then contemporary societies will have to seek new solutions. (Crompton 2006:60–61) Transformations within workplaces and families There . . . Read more
– Revising your Prose
the demonstrated, specific need for evidence in a pending criminal trial. EDIT 2: The President’s claim to an absolute executive privilege depends on the strength of our historic commitment to “the rule of law,” a commitment most profoundly shown in our view that “the twofold aim [of criminal justice] is . . . Read more
– Wrong Words, Long Sentences, and Other Mister Meaners
1—102(3): The effect of provisions of this Act may be varied by agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Act and except that the obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness and care prescribed by this Act may not be disclaimed by agreement but the parties may by agreement determine the . . . Read more
– Making your Writing Memorable
WRITING MEMORABLE Until now, we have shown how to write acceptable prose—prose more serviceable than that of most lawyers. Apply our principles and you will produce sturdy prose. For most purposes, sustained clarity is sufficient; you will be considered an able writer. But writing is more than clarity and . . . Read more