http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/us-lags-behind-other-countries-in-protecting-breastfeeding-in-the-workplace/ Breastfeeding 1-2-3: A Blog for Breastfeeding Tips and Support Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:01:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/us-lags-behind-other-countries-in-protecting-breastfeeding-in-the-workplace/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Family and Medical Leave Act Revisited Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:38:40 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/us-lags-behind-other-countries-in-protecting-breastfeeding-in-the-workplace/#comment-462 [...] Just when I lamented the lack of guaranteed paid maternity leave in the United States, I learned that Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd has introduced a bill to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide six weeks of partial paid leave. The current law, which Senator Dodd introduced 14 years ago, provides for 12 weeks of unpaid leave. [...] [...] Just when I lamented the lack of guaranteed paid maternity leave in the United States, I learned that Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd has introduced a bill to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide six weeks of partial paid leave. The current law, which Senator Dodd introduced 14 years ago, provides for 12 weeks of unpaid leave. [...]

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