My company laid off 2 people whilst on maternity leave and being a mostly remote company, my coworkers were in different states.
The one in California sued and got a decent amount from the lawsuit. However the one in Texas didn’t see as bright of an ending.
Maternity leave needs to be protected federally, as right now I think only a handful of states have laws protecting employees on maternity leave.
Newborn family leave needs to be protected federally.
FTFY, why shouldn’t we try to have both parents around while we’re at it.
The fact that it’s not protected is all down to America’s fear of democratic socialism and workers rights.
In California, with a clear delineation of parents versus non parents.
That sound you’re hearing is Alphabet’s legal department smacking their head on their desk.
According to the lawsuit, five of the seven people laid off from Byrne’s team were on, had recently requested or used parental leave. The six employees who kept their jobs — including the worker who took over Byrne’s duties — didn’t have young children, medical conditions or upcoming leaves, the complaint says.
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n’tbe evilThat’s why they changed it to “Do the right thing [for the shareholders].”
You mean “Fuck you, getting my full bonus” right?
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Name the manager that made the call.
Yeah all the employees were living in the bay area, this is going to be a slam dunk in California. Googles going to have some major pain. The manager who made that call is going to find themselves in hot water for sure.
Wow and its not even the first time:
It isn’t the first accusation Google’s seen regarding treatment of pregnancy; a high-profile story in 2019 saw a memo go viral within the company alleging discrimination against a pregnant employee and retaliation when she brought the issue to HR.
Google isn’t the only company that does this. It’s very common shitty thing that happens across the US. There needs to be some sort of law that protects parent’s jobs when they come back from leave.
Employers are required to pay out a certain level of comp when someone is on leave, but they could also just pay you a lump sum and cut ties. Then you’re fucked after leave ends.
There also needs to be good enforcement. We made a law protecting the jobs of National Guard Soldiers called up for Iraq and Afghanistan and employers just didn’t care. Enforcement was extremely lax, basically having to personally pay a lawyer and employers had a million excuses the courts accepted.
Or you do what we do with the ADA - create new rules and let people sue when they’re violated.
If you make the cases easy to win with clear evidence, then lawyers will throw up billboards asking for business and they won’t charge unless they win.
That was the enforcement mechanism.
That would be FMLA
Can the court decide to reverse the layoff?
