Who is entitled to family responsibilities in the workplace?
While caregiving responsibilities disproportionately affect working women, protections apply to all employees, including men. Relevant terms including “family,” “caregiver” and “caregiving responsibilities” extend beyond children and spouses and covers any individual that the employee has primary caretaking responsibilities.
When do employers discriminate based on family responsibilities?
Employers may discriminate based on family responsibilities when they deny employment or promotions, harass, pay less, or otherwise take negative employment action against an employee because of the employee’s family responsibilities.
When do family responsibilities co-exist with marital status?
Family responsibilities discrimination may also co-exist with marital status or family status discrimination, when unmarried and married couples are treated differently. This page provides answers to the following questions:
Do you have to have standing to file a lawsuit?
You must have standing. First, you need to figure out whether you have the right to file a lawsuit against the person or business you have a dispute with. To file a lawsuit in court, you have to be someone directly affected by the legal dispute you are suing about. In legal terms, this is called having “standing” to file the lawsuit.
While caregiving responsibilities disproportionately affect working women, protections apply to all employees, including men. Relevant terms including “family,” “caregiver” and “caregiving responsibilities” extend beyond children and spouses and covers any individual that the employee has primary caretaking responsibilities.
When does family responsibilities discrimination apply in the workplace?
This type of discrimination may happen to pregnant employees, employees caring for aging parents, parents with young children or workers who have a family member with a disability. If these employees face unfair discrimination in the workplace based on responsibilities such as this, they may be experiencing FRD. 2. Does FRD only apply to women?
Family responsibilities discrimination may also co-exist with marital status or family status discrimination, when unmarried and married couples are treated differently. This page provides answers to the following questions:
How does family responsibilities affect your job prospects?
If you have a job and family caregiving responsibilities, you may be affected by FRD. Women with children are most likely to encounter FRD: they are 79% less likely to be recommended for hire, 100% less likely to be promoted, and are generally offered at least $10,000 less in salary for the same position as a similarly situated male.