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Contents 
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Preface .....................................................................................................................................
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1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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2. Working time in domestic work: Regulatory dimensions .............................................................
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2.1 Working time arrangements and contemporary regulation ...............................................
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2.2 Diversity of domestic work ...............................................................................................
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2.2.1 Legal mode of engagement ..................................................................................
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2.2.2 Life-course and citizenship ..................................................................................
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3. A conceptual framework for regulation ........................................................................................
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3.1 Work/family reconciliation as an objective of working time law .....................................
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3.2 Precariousness and the standard model of working time ..................................................
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3.3 Working time flexibility ....................................................................................................
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4. Principles for the regulation of working time in domestic work ...................................................
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5. International standards: An evolution ...........................................................................................
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5.1 Sectoral and occupational scope .......................................................................................
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5.2 Non-standard and precarious work ...................................................................................
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6. A ―framed flexibility‖ model ........................................................................................................
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6.1 The ―framing standards‖ ...................................................................................................
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6.2 The ―flexibility‖ standards ................................................................................................
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6.2.1 On-call work ........................................................................................................
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6.2.2 Working time adjustments ...................................................................................
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6.2.3 Emergency family leave ......................................................................................
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6.3 Monitoring standards ........................................................................................................
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6.3.1 Documentation .....................................................................................................
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6.3.2 Monitoring ...........................................................................................................
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6.4 Incentives to bargain .........................................................................................................
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7. Conclusion .....................................................................................................................................
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Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................
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Annex: Model Law on working time in domestic work ....................................................................
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