A right to care: putting care ethics at the heart of UK reconciliation legislation
2020
49
2
June
199-230
care work ; labour law ; service sector
Law
https://doi.org/10.1093/indlaw/dwz016
English
"This article will examine how a right to care could be applied in the UK to better support people's ability to balance their paid work and caring responsibilities. I will argue that this would inject the ethic of care into the body of work–life balance legislation to better value caring relationships and carers. This is important because paid work is currently prioritised in this body of legislation. I will argue that better valuing caring labour is key to achieving transformative changes in both the workplace and the division of caring labour. "
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