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OverviewIn recent decades, as women entered the US workforce in increasing numbers, they faced the conundrum of how to maintain breastfeeding and hold down full-time jobs. In 2010, the Lactation at Work Law (an amendment to the US Fair Labor Standards Act) mandated accommodations for lactating women. This book examines the federal law and its state-level equivalent in Indiana, drawing on two waves of interviews with human resource personnel, supervising managers, and lactating workers. In many ways, this simple law - requiring break time and privacy for pumping - is a success story. Through advocacy by allies, education of managers, and employee initiative, many organizations created compliant accommodations. This book shows legal scholars how a successful civil rights law creates effective change; helps labor activists and management personnel understand how to approach new accommodations; and enables workers to understand the possibilities for amelioration of workplace problems through internal negotiations and legal reforms. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth A. Hoffmann (Purdue University, Indiana)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9781108488549ISBN 10: 1108488544 Pages: 250 Publication Date: 29 July 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Lactation law as public policy; 3. Expressed frustration: noncompliant, insufficient, and inconsistent accommodations; 4. Milk and management: substantive compliance through managerialization; 5. Allies already: supportive human resource specialists and supervising managers; 6. Moralizing the law: listening in the shadow of the law and the transformation of supervising managers; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A. State and federal lactation at work laws; Appendix B. Methodology and research strategy.Reviews'This work finds its niche among others discussing employment law, human resources, and gender equity in the workplace. … Highly recommended.' D. Truty, Choice Author InformationElizabeth A. Hoffmann is Associate Professor of Sociology and Law & Society at Purdue University. Hoffmann studies how people's legal consciousness and organizational location shape their experience of the law in the workplace. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and has won awards from the Labor and Employment Research Association, the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, and the American Bar Foundation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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