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This company fired an employee on the same day that she returned from pregnancy leave … and won the lawsuit.
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Every so often — not, “if I had a nickel” often, but every once in a while — someone hits me up for my two cents on firing an employee who is on FMLA or some other form of protected leave for [fill in the reason]. Continue reading
When must you provide light duty to a pregnant employee? It depends…
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I feel awful about the Red Sox eliminating the Yankees not blogging for you on Wednesday. So, today you get a double shot of The Employer Handbook. Continue reading
The EEOC accused a law firm of defending its pregnancy discrimination with more pregnancy discrimination.
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I don’t know how else to describe it.
So, I’m going to quote from the EEOC’s press release, but I’ll conceal the name of the law firm. The law firm that paid $30,000 to settle with the EEOC:
“No more babies” and “Pregnant, bye” are bad talking points for your managers
Even Kramerica Industries knows better than that. Continue reading
Company’s You Show, You Go Policy violates pregnancy discrimination law, says EEOC
If what the EEOC alleges in this lawsuit is true, then this employer is stupider than stupid-stupid. Continue reading
Can a man claim pregnancy discrimination? A man, baby!
Austin Powers, Eric?
Yeah, sorry. I’m all tapped out after yesterday’s fantasy football spectacular. Continue reading
A new SHRM study should have employers reexamining their policies on parental leave
On average, organizations gave mothers 41 paid days of maternity leave, compared with 22 paid days of paternity leave for fathers. That statistic comes from 2016 Paid Leave in the Workplace, a survey recently conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management.
Does this disparity demonstrate discrimination against men?