Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Around The World, Employees, FMLA, Labor rights, Law, Layoffs, Louise Ridley, Maternity Leave, News, Parental Leave, Tech, Tech Insider, Tech layoffs, Trending UK, Workers Rights 0 Category: Maternity Leave
Mass layoffs including workers who are pregnant or on parental leave may seem unfair, but it’s not illegal in the...
Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Around The World, Employees, FMLA, Labor rights, Law, Layoffs, Louise Ridley, Maternity Leave, News, Parental Leave, Tech, Tech Insider, Tech layoffs, Trending UK, Workers Rights 0 Labor lawyers told Insider that people who are pregnant or on FMLA leave aren’t automatically protected from mass layoffs. Izusek/Getty Images Critics have slammed some companies for laying off US workers on parental leave in recent months. But staff on protected leave aren’t immune from mass layoffs, labor lawyers told Insider. It can be discriminatory, but only if companies target employees because of their leave…
JPMorgan will now give all new parents 16 weeks of leave, 3 years after settling a parental leave discrimination case...
Newsbreak 4 months ago in Around The World, Dads, Fathers, gender inequality, JP Morgan, JP Morgan Chase, Maternity Leave, News, Parental Leave, Paternity Leave 0 Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket through Getty Images JPMorgan will give all new parents within the US 16 weeks of paid leave from January 1, 2023. That’s a departure from present coverage, which provides 16 weeks paid leave to the first caregiver and 6 weeks to the secondary caregiver. In 2019, the financial institution paid a record $5 million to settle a parental leave discrimination lawsuit. Wall…