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Workers with Family Responsibilities Adopting a Wider Family Outlook
Author(s) -
Russell G.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1994.tb00661.x
Subject(s) - convention , government (linguistics) , work (physics) , public relations , psychology , nursing , business , political science , medicine , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics
ILO Convention 156, signed by the Australian Government, seeks to enable workers with family responsibilities to work without discrimination. Family responsibilities for care of elders were investigated in a study of 8662 employees from 5 organisations. Between 15 and 33% of employees had elderly parents dependent on them and between 50 and 66% expected eldercare to be a problem for them in the next 15 years. There was little difference in proportions with eldercare responsibilities and those caring for pre‐school aged children. Gender of the employee was not a significant factor in taking leave for eldercare. Policies and practices to deal with eldercare are discussed.
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