Maternity leave : policy and practice /: policy and practice. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Author, Victoria Gordon.
• Other Names: (Associate professor), Gordon, Victoria
• Contents: What have we done to our daughters? -- Background : understanding the legislative intent and symbolism of public policies -- The evolution and devolution of maternity leave as an employee benefit -- Women's health care and the workplace -- Research approach -- The interviews : profiles of women and their perceptions and experiences -- The themes : how women cope with the myths and realities of maternity leave -- Inconsistencies in administration of maternity leave policies -- The other voices -- An international comparison the other kingdoms -- Can the fairy tale be realized or should it be rewritten?
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 296 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 331.4/4; Maternity leave -- United States; Parental leave -- United States; Parental Leave; Public Policy; Women, Working; Workplace -- organization & administration; Maternity leave -- United States; Parental leave -- United States; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations; Maternity leave; Parental leave; United States; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466573604; 1466573600
• Related ISBNs: 9781466573581; 1466573589
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.