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Book SynopsisThe United States remains the only industrialized nation in the world that does not provide paid family leave at the national level for either men or women. In the more than two decades since the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, there have been numerous unsuccessful attempts to expand family leave benefits nationally. However, in the United States, it is common for innovations in family policies to arise at the state level. 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 St
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Women’s Movements and the Passage of Family Leave Policies
Chapter 2: The Passage of the National Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Chapter 3: From the FMLA to the FAMILY Act: Family Leave Policy at the National Level since 1993
Chapter 4: Success in the States: Paid Family Leave in California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and New York
Chapter 5: When Paid Family Leave Fails to Pass in the States: Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Hawaii
Chapter 6: The Future of Family Leave in the United States
