Reconciling Work and Care Responsibilities

Murray Jillian , International Trends in the Reconciliation of Work and Family Life, (Report for Australian Council of Trade Unions for use in the Test Case before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, 2004) <http://www.actu.asn.au/public/papers/jill_murray.html>

Parental Leave Directive 96/34/EC, OJL145/9.

Employment Rights Act 1996 (UK) as amended by the Employment Act 2002 (UK), ss 56, 57.

Part-Time Work Directive 98/23/EC, OJ L131/1.

The Adaptation of Working Time Act (Wet op de aanpassing van de arbeidsduur, or WAA) (Netherlands); Act on PartTime Work and Fixed-Term Contracts (Gesetz uber Teilzeitarbeit und befristete Arbeitsvertrage, or TzBfG) (Germany).

Burri S , ‘Work-family Policies on Working Time in Practice. A Comparison of Dutch and German Case Law on Working-time Adjustment’ (2003) 19 International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 321, 332.

Employment Rights Act 1996 (UK), as amended, ss 80F, 80G.

Hewitt Rt Hon P , Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, (Speech to Fathers' Direct Conference, London, 5 April 2004).

Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Amendment) Act 2002 (New Zealand). In relation to the UK, see the regulations made under the Employment Rights Act 1996, as amended, the Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2001, Statutory Instrument 2001, No 4010.

Carer's Leave Act 2001 (Ireland).

A deeply conservative view of the meaning of the contract of employment and managerial prerogative has emerged through the decision of the Victorian Court of Appeal in the Schou litigation: State of Victoria v Schou (2004) EOC 93–328.