Workplace Compliance With the Law: The Case of the Family and Medical Leave Act

Work and Occupations

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 277-304

  Armenia, Amy ^a   Gerstel, Naomi ^b   Wing, Coady ^c  

^a RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

employment benefits; employment policy and law; family medical leave; labor market outcomes; work and family; workplace social relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904420515     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888413502657     Document Type: Article

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