Abstract

Contemporary Western societies face an increasing demand for informal care. The primary goals of the present article are to understand the degree to which employment rights support the needs of working carers’ of elder age relatives and to underscore the need to promote social policies to better secure both working carers and their older relatives. Drawing on findings showing that high-intensity caregiving is associated with a reduction in the labour pool for paid work and negatively affects employment status and career, this study examines how employment legislation support working caregivers from an international perspective. The study utilizes an intrinsic and case study research design to compare the employment rights and entitlements in Australia, England, and Israel. The findings indicate that, first, all three countries surveyed provide basic protection through statutory employment rights which are categorized under three fundamental occupational entitlements: Paid or Unpaid Leave, Sick Days and Equal Rights. Secondly, while Australia and England maintain a legal right to request flexible work to care for elder relatives, the analysis foregrounds the absence of flexible employment legislation in Israel. Thought that the aim of balancing limited public resources with family resources requires a broad understanding of concrete legislation, such comparison can inform policy targeted to reconcile distress along the work–eldercare axis.

中文翻译：

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工作-老年护理轴上的非正式护理人员：澳大利亚、英国和以色列的比较分析

摘要

当代西方社会对非正式护理的需求日益增加。本文的主要目标是了解就业权利在多大程度上支持工作照顾者的年长亲属的需求，并强调需要促进社会政策以更好地保护工作照顾者及其年长亲属。研究结果表明，高强度护理与有偿工作的劳动力池减少有关，并对就业状况和职业产生负面影响，本研究从国际角度研究了就业立法如何支持在职护理人员。该研究利用内在和案例研究设计来比较澳大利亚、英国和以色列的就业权利和权利。调查结果表明，首先，接受调查的所有三个国家都通过法定就业权利提供基本保护，这些权利归类为三种基本职业权利：带薪或无薪休假、病假和平等权利。其次，虽然澳大利亚和英国保留要求灵活工作以照顾年长亲属的合法权利，但分析强调了以色列缺乏灵活就业立法。认为平衡有限的公共资源与家庭资源的目标需要对具体立法有广泛的了解，这种比较可以为旨在协调工作 - 老年人护理轴上的困境的政策提供信息。虽然澳大利亚和英国保留要求灵活工作以照顾年长亲属的合法权利，但该分析强调了以色列缺乏灵活就业立法。认为平衡有限的公共资源与家庭资源的目标需要对具体立法有广泛的了解，这种比较可以为旨在协调工作 - 老年人护理轴上的困境的政策提供信息。虽然澳大利亚和英国保留要求灵活工作以照顾年长亲属的合法权利，但分析强调以色列缺乏灵活就业立法。认为平衡有限的公共资源与家庭资源的目标需要对具体立法有广泛的了解，这种比较可以为旨在协调工作 - 老年人护理轴上的困境的政策提供信息。