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Parental Leave: Policy And Practice, Amanda Parr
Parental Leave: Policy And Practice, Amanda Parr
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Parental leave is a broad term that encompasses maternity and/or paternity leave to care for an infant. Parental leave provides job protection for workers and may be paid or unpaid, with provisions varying throughout the world. Every industrialized nation offers some form of paid parental leave, with the exception of the United States, whose only federal policy regarding parental leave is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a law that allows eligible workers to take up to twelve weeks of unpaid, job protected leave for the birth or adoption of a child.
This research project explored how parents understand …