Getting paid while taking time : the women's movement and the development of paid family leave policies in the United States / Megan A. Sholar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sholar, Megan Anne, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Family leave.

United States.

Women's rights--United States.

Women's rights.

Family leave--United States.

United States--Social policy.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

x, 240 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2016.

Summary:

In her timely book, Getting Paid While Taking Time, Megan Sholar explains the development of family leave policies at both the national and state levels in the United States. She provides cogent studies of states that have passed and proposed family leave legislation, and she pays special attention to the ways in which women's movement actors and other activists (e.g., labor unions) exert pressure on public officials to help influence the policymaking process. In her conclusion, Sholar considers the future of paid family leave policies in the United States and the chances for it ever equaling the benefits in other countries. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Women's Movements and the Passage of Family Leave Policies 1

2 The Passage of the National Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 29

3 From the FMLA to the FAMILY Act: Family Leave Policy at the National Level since 1993 68

4 Success in the States: Paid Family Leave in California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and New York 102

5 When Paid Family Leave Fails to Pass in the States: Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Hawaii 135

6 The Future of Family Leave in the United States 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781439912942

1439912947

9781439912959

1439912955

OCLC:

938386371