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About 20 states do not have familial status protections, so that means the boss can give me extra work while the person with kids gets extra time off. https://
by KindOne 6y ago
About 20 states do not have familial status protections, so that means the boss can give me extra work while the person with kids gets extra time off.
https://www.workplacefairness.org/marital-status-state-law https://www.workplacefairness.org/marital-status-state-law
https://www.abetterbalance.org/resources/family-status-and-caregiver-discrimination-around-the-country/ https://www.abetterbalance.org/resources/family-status-and-c...
- ryoshu 6y agoSo the problem is the boss and/or the company, because they are the ones assigning the extra work, right? Just want to make sure we assign the blame appropriately.
- jackvalentine 6y agoFormally or informally, it’s generally a societal expectation that the childless will pick up the slack in the workplace.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoIt’s too bad society couldn’t be more realistic, and sacrifice some productivity instead of just pushing the work around. Central banks printed trillions of dollars in a matter of weeks (incinerating some currency value) to keep the economy alive, this is no different. We’re still collectively optimizing for the wrong metrics.