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Author Hoffmann, Elizabeth A., author.

Title Lactation at work : expressed milk, expressing beliefs, and the expressive value of law / Elizabeth A. Hoffmann, Purdue University
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 237 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in law and society
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Summary "In 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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 26, 2021)
Subject Breastfeeding -- Law and legislation -- United States
Lactation.
Work environment.
Lactation
LAW / General.
Breastfeeding -- Law and legislation
Lactation
Work environment
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021025792
ISBN 9781108770828
1108770827
1108802729
9781108802727