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Why wouldn't it be legal? It is somewhat weird though. I think it would make more sense to pay employees with dependents less.
by pravda 11y ago
Why wouldn't it be legal?
It is somewhat weird though. I think it would make more sense to pay employees with dependents less.
- jzwinck 11y agoPaying more to people with more dependents effectively discriminates against several classes which are protected in the US: - Those who for medical reasons cannot have children. - Those who for (lack of) religious reasons do not have lots of children (families with 6+ children have a different distribution of religious beliefs than the overall population). - Homosexuals. On the other hand, paying less to people with dependents (why?) effectively discriminates against: - Heterosexuals. - People who for religious reasons have lots of children. - Disabled dependents (not a protected class in the US, but maybe it should be!).
- rmc 11y agoThere used to be a long history of firing (or at least not promoting) women when they start having children. This was viewed as wrong, so a law was put in to say that you can't make job decisions based on a persons "family status", which includes how many, if any, children they have. (It may also include whether they are married or not, because getting married used to be a carrer limiting factor for women).