Lactation at Work: Expressed Milk, Expressing Beliefs, and the Expressive Value of Law

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Elizabeth A. Hoffmann (Purdue University, Indiana)

Lactation at Work

Expressed Milk, Expressing Beliefs, and the Expressive Value of Law

Elizabeth A. Hoffmann (Purdue University, Indiana)

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Cambridge University Press
29 July 2021

Society & Social Sciences; Sociology; Social theory; Laws of Specific jurisdictions; Legal system: general; Employment & labour law

Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

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.

By: Elizabeth A. Hoffmann (Purdue University Indiana)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9781108488549
ISBN 10: 1108488544
Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 29 July 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Lactation law as public policy; 3. Expressed frustration: noncompliant, insufficient, and inconsistent accommodations; 4. Milk and management: substantive compliance through managerialization; 5. Allies already: supportive human resource specialists and supervising managers; 6. Moralizing the law: listening in the shadow of the law and the transformation of supervising managers; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A. State and federal lactation at work laws; Appendix B. Methodology and research strategy.

Elizabeth A. Hoffmann is Associate Professor of Sociology and Law & Society at Purdue University. Hoffmann studies how people's legal consciousness and organizational location shape their experience of the law in the workplace. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and has won awards from the Labor and Employment Research Association, the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, and the American Bar Foundation.

Reviews for Lactation at Work: Expressed Milk, Expressing Beliefs, and the Expressive Value of Law

'This work finds its niche among others discussing employment law, human resources, and gender equity in the workplace. … Highly recommended.' D. Truty, Choice