Selected recent press mentions
A Pa. mom says her boss forced her out of her job during the pandemic. She sued, by Robin Shulman, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 14, 2021
Parental discrimination lawsuits and HR, by Carol Patton, HRExecutive.com, December 17, 2020
Parents Say Employers Are Illegally Firing Them During Pandemic, by David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg, November 11, 2020
Bank of American to accommodate nursing moms after labor department investigates, by Allie Ciaramella, Fastinform, August 7, 2020
A Boss Made a Mom Sign a ‘Lactation Agreement.’ Is That Legal? by Ariel Wodarcyk, Working Mother, January 14, 2020
If You’re Pregnant and Working, Know Your Rights, by Robin Shulman, New York Times Parenting, September 18, 2019
Boss Denies Mom Pumping Breaks, Says It’s Just a ‘Diet Plan to Lose Weight,’ by Audrey Goodson Kingo, Working Mother, July 17, 2019
More Parents Than Ever Are Suing Their Employers for Discrimination–and Winning, by Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Working Mother, July 17, 2019
More American men clamor for paternity leave: ‘A father shouldn’t have to be lucky to form a bond with his child,’ by Andrew Keshner, MarketWatch, July 27, 2019
Suit against Jones Day alleges ‘archaic gender roles’ and photo altering, by Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal, August 15, 2019
Couple Sues Law Firm Over Parental Leave, Wages and a Firing, by Noam Scheiber, New York Times, August 14, 2019
Law Firms Court Risk With 2-Tiered Parental Leave Plans, by Braden Campbell, Law360, June 7, 2019
How a dad’s lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase could lead to more equal parental leave elsewhere, by Jena McGregor, Washington Post, June 6, 2019
Equity for Fathers in Parental Leave Is Affirmed in New Case, by Noam Scheiber, New York Times, May 30, 2019,
For Midsize Firms With Outdated Parental Policies, Getting Sued is Just One of Many Hidden Costs, Law.com, January 11, 2019
Working Remotely Is on the Rise, But It Comes With Its Share of Downsides, by Victoria Hudgins, Law.com, December 5, 2018
Has #MeToo made men wary of working closely with women? by Jean Marbella, The Baltimore Sun, October 8, 2018
McDonald’s Workers Across the U.S. Stage #MeToo Protests, by Rachel Abrams, New York Times, September 18, 2018
How to Recognize – and Avoid – Caregiver Discrimination, by Rita Zeidner, SHRM, August 23, 2018
Lawsuit alleges AT&T’s absence policies discriminate against pregnant women: ‘Workers aren’t machines,’ by Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, May 16, 2018
Accusations in the #MeToo era: How companies handle complaints, by Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, December 17, 2017
Millennials See Paternity Leave as a Priority, by Ronald Alsop, New York Times, November 28, 2017
Are fathers ‘secondary’ caregivers? A JPMorgan employee claims its policy is biased, by Jena McGregor, Washington Post, June 15, 2017
Workplaces must give moms space to pump breast milk. Women share what it’s really like, by Amy Joyce, Washington Post, August 2, 2017
Gretchen Carlson Suit Aims at Retaliation Over Discrimination, by Noam Scheiber, New York Times, July 8, 2016
Court fights over family leave heat up, and workers often win, by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2016
Employee Caregivers Are Filing More Lawsuits, by Stephen Miller, Society for Human Resource Management, May 24, 2016
Caregivers are winning workplace discrimination cases, by Rex Huppke, Chicago Tribune, May 21, 2016
The discrimination lawsuit you didn’t see coming, by Diane Stafford, Kansas City Star, May 19, 2016
Americans Are Filing More Lawsuits Alleging Caregiver Discrimination. Here’s Why, by Elissa Strauss, Slate.com, May 18, 2016
Focus on Family-Caregiver Discrimination Growing, by Kristen B. Frasch, Human Resource Executive Online, February 10, 2015
With Supreme Court case pending, UPS reverses policy on pregnant workers, by Brigid Schulte, The Washington Post blog, October 29, 2014
Let employer know you’re pregnant with straightforward, simple approach, by Marla Caceres, Chicago Tribune, February 18, 2014
Standing Up for the Rights of New Fathers, Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, November 9, 2013, on page B1
Expert Perspectives: Legal Insights into Levs’ Paternity Leave Discrimination Case, by Scott Behson, Fathers, Work and Family blog, November 21, 2013
Do women’s intiatives work? by Deborah Graham, ABA Journal, June 1, 2013