An Examination of the United States Supreme Court\u27s Recent Establishment Clause Rulings in Mccreary County, Ky. v. American Civil Liberties Union and Van Order v. Perry

Responding to a question concerning whether or not his followers should pay taxes to the Roman government, the Bible records that Jesus answered, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar\u27s and unto God the things that are God\u27s. This statement, quoted in the Bible\u27s Gospel of Matthew, has been called one of the most revolutionary and history-making utterances that ever fell from those lips divine. ,While the famous words of Jesus make clear the existence of a distinction between the realms of religion and government, they shed little light on the type of balance that should be struck between them

An Examination of the United States Supreme Court\u27s Recent Establishment Clause Rulings in Mccreary County, Ky. v. American Civil Liberties Union and Van Order v. Perry

Responding to a question concerning whether or not his followers should pay taxes to the Roman government, the Bible records that Jesus answered, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar\u27s and unto God the things that are God\u27s. This statement, quoted in the Bible\u27s Gospel of Matthew, has been called one of the most revolutionary and history-making utterances that ever fell from those lips divine. ,While the famous words of Jesus make clear the existence of a distinction between the realms of religion and government, they shed little light on the type of balance that should be struck between them

Breastfeeding in the workplace: Other employees' attitudes towards services for lactating mothers

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Workplace accommodations for breastfeeding mothers are an important step towards achieving United States Healthy People 2010 goals for continued breastfeeding. However, evidence suggests that some employers wishing to accommodate lactating mothers fear negative reactions from other workers.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>This study conducted in February 2007, used descriptive statistics and linear regression to assess attitudes towards workplace breastfeeding/milk expression among employees (n = 407) of a large U.S. corporation providing a wide variety of workplace accommodations for lactating mothers.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Overall, attitudes about the impact of breastfeeding on the work environment were favorable. Previous exposure to a co-worker who breastfed or expressed milk during the work day was associated with a positive attitude towards workplace breastfeeding, even after controlling for respondents' gender, length of employment and personal breastfeeding history.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>These preliminary findings suggest that lactation accommodations did not have negative repercussions for other employees, and that a corporate environment designed to enable and encourage continued breastfeeding does not endanger positive attitudes towards breastfeeding in other employees.</p

Maternity management in SMEs: a transdisciplinary review and research agenda

This paper provides a transdisciplinary critical review of the literature on maternity management in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), embedded within the wider literatures on maternity in the workplace. The key objectives are to describe what is known about the relations that shape maternity management in smaller workplaces and to identify research directions to enhance this knowledge. The review is guided by theory of organizational gendering and small business management, conceptualising adaptions to maternity as a process of mutual adjustment and dynamic capability within smaller firms’ informally negotiated order, resource endowments and wider labour and product/service markets. A context sensitive lens is also applied. The review highlights the complex range of processes involved in SME maternity management and identifies major research gaps in relation to pregnancy, maternity leave and the return to work (family-friendly working and breastfeeding) in these contexts. This blind spot is surprising as SMEs employ the majority of women worldwide. A detailed agenda for future research is outlined, building on the gaps identified by the review and founded on renewed theoretical direction

Lactation and the Working Woman: Understanding the Role of Organizational Factors, Lactation Support, and Legal Policy in Promoting Breastfeeding Success

This chapter explores the organizational factors shown to impact a woman’s ability to successfully combine breastfeeding and work. As such, we explore the role of support for breastfeeding at work, flexible work arrangements, organizational policies, and other work characteristics on women’s work attitudes and well-being, as well as on, breastfeeding initiation and/or duration. The chapter discusses interventions to overcome organizational barriers, with a focus on employer education efforts and workplace lactation programs, both of which promote breastfeeding continuation upon return to work while resulting in numerous corporate benefits. Last, we conclude with a timely overview and interpretation of the complex legal landscape surrounding this critical topic in the United States, including a discussion of recent changes in legislation intended to afford the lactating working mother additional protection in the American workplace.https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/faculty_books/1180/thumbnail.jp