Law’s Response to Pregnancy/Workplace Conflicts: A Critique
Law’s Response to Pregnancy/Workplace Conflicts: A Critique
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法律对怀孕/工作场所冲突的回应：批评
DOI：
10.1007/s10691-007-9055-0
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发表时间：
2007
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
C. James
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作者：
C. James
本文认为，法律的参与与怀孕/工作场所的冲突。根据最近的研究，包括作者进行的原始实证研究，我认为法律的反应是无效的。这种“无效的反应”的性质进行了探讨，特别是我认为之间的差距，一方面，法律的处方和政策的野心，另一方面，怀孕/工作场所的冲突的现实差距。从本质上讲，法律未能反映孕妇和新妈妈在工作中的经历，这反映在大量妇女在怀孕期间受到歧视，很少有妇女在怀孕期间与工作场所发生冲突时诉诸法律寻求补救，少数妇女在这种情况下对雇主提出索赔的成功率很低。
This paper considers law’s engagement with pregnancy/workplace conflicts. Drawing on recent research, including original empirical research conducted by the author, I consider how law’s response is ineffective. The nature of this ‘ineffective response’ is explored and in particular I consider the gap between, on the one hand, legal prescriptions and policy ambitions and, on the other hand, the reality of pregnancy/workplace conflicts. In essence, law fails to capture the experiences of pregnant women and new mothers at work and this is reflected in the high number of women experiencing pregnancy discrimination, the low number of women invoking the law in order to gain redress when they do experience pregnancy/workplace conflicts and the low success rate amongst the few women that do bring claims against employers in such circumstances.