Business versus families: whose side is New Labour on?

Hartley Dean

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Abstract: In its proposals for achieving a better `work-life balance' for Britain's working families, the New Labour government is also seeking to balance the interests of business against the needs of families. This article argues that the economic policy `trilemma' resulting from economic globalisation is mirrored in a parallel family policy trilemma, with particular consequences for the poorest families. Drawing upon this argument and, partly, upon illustrative evidence from a small-scale qualitative study of low-income working families, it is suggested that promoting family friendly employment alongside a policy of welfare-to-work cannot reasonably be achieved without significant additional regulation of low-paying employers.

JEL-codes: J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-01
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Published in Social Policy and Society, January, 2002, 1(1), pp. 3-10. ISSN: 1475-3073

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