ABSTRACT
The history and uses of work-life programs in the USA are unique, particularly in comparison to the ways in which flexibility is articulated in the European context. US work-life programs, and even attitudes toward using them, are borne of a confluence of shifting demographics, economic necessity, and governmental and corporate policy that distinguish American approaches toward social action. For example, a reticence on the part of American governmental institutions to legislate and fund social programs - such as that related to working mothers - has left a space that the corporation often need to fill.
