Abstract
Changing lifestyles and working patterns are transforming the composition of the UK' s labour market. At the same time, there has been a noticeable shift in political, academic and media focus onto the ‘quality’ of work as opposed to merely the quantity of jobs. This shift in focus has occurred at a time of rising employment and low unemployment, and has been fuelled, in part, by the continuing steady growth in female workforce participation, as well as legislative change. The issue of work-life balance has, therefore, come to the forefront of the political - and corporate - agenda.
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