Reconciliation at the crossroads: work and family life for domestic employers and employees

Authors

  • Magdalena Díaz Gorfinkiel Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46661/lexsocial.4213

Keywords:

reconciliation, domestic workers, domestic employers, transnationality

Abstract

Nowadays, reconciliation of family and working life constitutes an essential element of social analysis, as social transformations of the last decades have positioned this issue as a key part of the social structure. In Spain, as well as in other countries, domestic work has emerged as a solution to fulfil the needs of the native population. Consequently, a relegation of a deep reflection towards gender relations and social organization has taken place. The role of domestic workers as facilitators of everyday life questions the possibilities of these women to exercise their own work-life balance. This article, therefore, has the double aim of analysing the process of reconciliation acquired through domestic work as well as the strategies developed by the workers inside the sector.  

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Author Biography

Magdalena Díaz Gorfinkiel, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Nowadays, reconciliation of family and working life constitutes an essential element of social analysis, as social transformations of the last decades have positioned this issue as a key part of the social structure. In Spain, as well as in other countries, domestic work has emerged as a solution to fulfil the needs of the native population. Consequently, a relegation of a deep reflection towards gender relations and social organization has taken place. The role of domestic workers as facilitators of everyday life questions the possibilities of these women to exercise their own work-life balance. This article, therefore, has the double aim of analysing the process of reconciliation acquired through domestic work as well as the strategies developed by the workers inside the sector.  

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Published

2019-07-08

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Díaz Gorfinkiel, M. (2019). Reconciliation at the crossroads: work and family life for domestic employers and employees. Lex Social: Journal of Social Rights, 9(2), 198–211. https://doi.org/10.46661/lexsocial.4213

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