Download Getting Paid While Taking Time: The Women's Movement and the Development of Paid Family Leave Policies in the United States AudioBook Free
The United States remains really the only industrialized nation in the world that will not provide paid family leave at the national level for either women or men. Inside the more than 2 decades since the passing of the Family and Medical Leave Act, there were numerous unsuccessful endeavors to broaden family leave benefits nationally. However, in america, it is common for enhancements in family guidelines to come up at their state level. In her timely publication, Getting Paid While Taking Time, Megan Sholar clarifies the development of family leave guidelines at both national and state levels in america. She provides cogent studies of says that have handed down and suggested family leave legislation, and she pays special attention to the ways that women's movement celebrities and other activists (eg, labor unions) exert pressure on general population representatives to help affect the policymaking process. In her final result, Sholar considers the future of paid family leave guidelines in america and the chances for it ever before equaling the benefits in other countries. The publication is published by Temple University Press.