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Job Leaves and the Limits of the Family and Medical Leave Act

dc.contributor.authorGerstel, Naomien_US
dc.contributor.authorMcGonagle, Katherine A.en_US
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dc.date.issued1999en_US
dc.identifier.citationGERSTEL, NAOMI; McGONAGLE, KATHERINE (1999). "Job Leaves and the Limits of the Family and Medical Leave Act." Work and Occupations 4(26): 510-534. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/69106>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0730-8884en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/69106
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the need for and use of leaves designated by the Family and Medical Leave Act. Using national data, we show that women, parents, those with little income, and African Americans are particularly likely to perceive a need for job leaves. However, it is married—not single—women and Whites who are particularly likely to take such leaves. The authors suggest that this disjunction between need and use is a consequence of the construction of leave policy—that it provides for only short, unpaid leaves for a narrow slice of workers and those politically constructed as “family”—and the unresponsiveness of workplaces. These limits likely reinforce inequality based on gender, race, and family status.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publications, Inc.en_US
dc.titleJob Leaves and the Limits of the Family and Medical Leave Acten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelManagementen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Massachusetts-Amhersten_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/69106/2/10.1177_0730888499026004006.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0730888499026004006en_US
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