Ten Lessons for Practitioners About Family Responsibilities Discrimination and Stereotyping Evidence
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: This Article highlights ten key lessons that employment law practitioners can take away from this symposium Issue.The legal field of family responsibilities discrimination (FRD) has developed rapidly in the past two decades, with FRD litigation only likely to increase.Social science research on the maternal wall continues to develop, increasing our understanding of what discrimination looks like in the workplace today.The FRD case law and social science research highlighted in this Issue provide essential information that employment law attorneys can put into practice when faced with addressing FRD in the workplace. LESSON IFRD is a real theory of liability for which plaintiffs can sue, supported by existing case law and the recent EEOC Enforcement Guidance.Practitioners should watch for typical fact patterns giving rise to FRD litigation when interviewing clients.While new legislation codifying FRD at both the federal and state levels would be desirable, lawyers for employees are already successfully litigating FRD cases.Existing legal theories, supported by a growing body of case law and the Enforcement Guidance on caregiver
Source: bepress Legal Repository
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1575535285