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April 2004
 Getting Time Off:
Access to Leave among Working
Parents
Although federal law
guarantees job protected, unpaid family leave to many workers,
only three in five American workers are eligible to take this
leave (Cantor et al. 2001). Moreover, no state or federal
legislation requires employers to provide paid leave of any kind.
Because access to leave is not universal, some caregivers do not
fully realize the benefits of job-protected leave, namely job
security and some flexibility to care for children. This analysis
examines whether access to leave differs by socioeconomic
characteristics.
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