Susan Milner

TL;DR: Work-life balance has come to the forefront of policy discourse in developed countries in recent years, against a backdrop of globalization and rapid technological change, an ageing population and concerns over labour market participation rates, particularly those of mothers at a time when fertility rates are falling as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: This article examined the way that fatherhood is constructed in public discourse and more broadly in the public sphere in the UK and France by examining (1) the fatherhood regime and its influence on the construction of fatherhood in the two countries; (2) gender attitudes and parenting roles; and (3) popular images ofFatherhood, particularly as represented in women's and men's magazines in France and in UK.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify factors that might encourage or inhibit trade unions from involvement in campaigning and bargaining around work-life balance (WLB) issues, within a cross-national comparative perspective focusing on two countries (France and the UK) that have contrasting working time regimes and approaches to WLB.

TL;DR: The authors compare the institutional framework for fatherhood and father involvement and the survey evidence relating to fathers contribution to childcare and domestic work in the two countries and conclude that while change in father involvement is slow, the introduction of statutory and organizational work-life balance measures which alter the gender order open up opportunities for negotiated change in the division of the labour in the home.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of organizations in mediating the impact of national work-life balance (WLB) policy on employees, in particular fathers, was explored and found that fathers tend to use WLB measures to spend time with their families where measures increase their sense of entitlement (state policies of paternity leave) or where measures offer non-gendered flexibility (reduced working time/organizational systems of flexi-time).