Parents Successfully Juggle Work, Family ; People Are Winning Cases Against Companies That Think That's Impossible
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NEW YORK - Meeting the demands of both job and family can be daunting for any working mother or father. However, recent court rulings are sending a strong warning to employers: Don't assume such juggling acts will lower workplace performance.
"It's not appropriate to disadvantage women because they're mothers," said law professor Joan Williams. "In the past, people were very dubious these cases could win in litigation, but now it's clear they can."See the full content of this document
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Parents Successfully Juggle Work, Family ; People Are Winning Cases Against Companies That Think That's Impossible
Williams, director of American University's Program on WorkLife Law, contends that many working women eventually collide with what she calls "the maternal wall" career roadblocks arising from emplo...
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