期刊名称：Washington University Journal of Law & Policy
印刷版ISSN：1533-4686
电子版ISSN：1943-0000
出版年度：2004
卷号：15
期号：1
页码：143-168
出版社：Washington University School of Law
摘要：We begin with a brief description of trends in female labor force participation and the presence of dual-earner households in the U.S. labor market, conditions which likely led to the need for family and medical leave legislation. We then review various practices that business and government organizations have implemented to balance work and family conflicts, as well as related features of the FMLA, particularly those pertaining to childbirth and adoption. With this background in place, we introduce a framework for examining FMLA litigation. We then review cases litigated in federal court under the FMLA involving requests for family leave due to the birth or adoption of a child to determine the nature of conflicts occurring under the legislation and the resolution of those conflicts by the courts.
关键词：Parental leave; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
