Excluding parental grief: A critical discourse analysis of bereavement accommodation in Canadian labour standards

Work

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 511-526

  Macdonald, Mary Ellen ^a   Kennedy, Kimberly ^b   Moll, Sandra ^c   Pineda, Carolina ^a   Mitchell, Lisa M ^d   Stephenson, Peter H ^d   Cadell, Susan ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bereavement leave; Child death; discourse analysis; labour standards; parental bereavement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; CANADA; CHILD; DEATH; GRIEF; HUMAN; LAW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TIME FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; CANADA; CHILD; DEATH; GRIEF; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PARENTS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84925881812     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-141957     Document Type: Article

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