...G. Coates Reports that performance appraisal (PA) has become an important tool in “controlling” employees in modern public industries. Little work, however, has focused on its mediation or actual practice in relation to different groups, such as women and ethnic groups. Examines the changing nature...

...‐time work Sex discrimination Women Discrimination cases continue to be very much in the news. Whether it be the new Disability Discrimination Act 1995, ageism or good‐old‐fashioned sexism it is difficult to turn on the television or open a newspaper without seeing details of another “landmark...

... Health care Legislation Lobbying Maternity services Medical professions Midwives Policy Women Midwifery in Ontario has evolved from being “illegal” to being an accepted, self‐regulated health profession[ 1 ]. At the heart of the debate was the issue of childbirth being treated as a part...

... of which are highlighted: for example, the status of the management activity for doctors; the option of professional retreat from, or isolation in, difficult managerial roles; parttime management;disempowerment of other professionals; re‐entry needs to full‐time professional clinical work; women doctors...

... on these clients can be maximized. Health care National Health Service Pregnancy Research Training Women © MCB UP Limited 1993 ...

...Gill Sargeant Focuses on the provision of child care within the National Health Service, an organization in which 79 per cent of the workforce is women. Outlines the four main types of child care used by employers; workplace nurseries; child care allowances; referral services; and after‐school care...