Zusammenfassung
In der häuslichen Pflege durch migrantische Live-in-Pflegekräfte hat sich in den beiden letzten Jahrzehnten neben einem Schwarzmarkt auch ein „grauer Markt“ mit verschiedenen Formen der partiellen rechtlichen Formalisierung etabliert. Hierbei erweisen sich in allen derzeit bestehenden Modellen die extrem ausgedehnten Arbeitszeiten in rechtlicher und ethischer Hinsicht als größte Herausforderung. Daher bedarf es einer Weiterentwicklung hin zu einer arbeits- und sozialrechtlichen Gleichstellung dieser Erwerbstätigkeit. Einer solchen Entwicklung stehen jedoch gesellschaftliche Faktoren – wie die Naturalisierung weiblicher Sorgearbeit – entgegen.
Narratives on Working Hours: An Analysis of "Pioneer" Brokering Agencies for Livein Care Work in Germany. In the "gray market" for live-in care work in Germany, brokering agencies are playing an increasingly important role in shaping working conditions. Drawing on six expert interviews with "pioneer" brokering agencies, this article centers on these agencies' narratives on working hours. The analysis reveals that these agencies' understanding of working hours is contradictory: working hours are either referred to as a fixed, intersubjectively measurable category or as a subjective phenomenon, leaving scope for divergent opinions. These perspectives are evident in the assumption of an (in)separability of working and leisure time, and in the understanding of leisure time as a personal need or a valid demand. In this context, constructing working hours as a subjective category thus functions as a legitimation narrative for extensive working hours. These findings are connected to the contradictory interpellations of live-in care workers, such as "fictive kin" and "manager of the self", and to the underlying understandings of work.
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