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That is such a terribly written article. From what I could piece together the court didn't rule "Men can be fired for taking paternity leave" it ruled that men
by barbacoa 6y ago
That is such a terribly written article.
From what I could piece together the court didn't rule "Men can be fired for taking paternity leave" it ruled that men are not protected under Title VII pregnancy discrimination laws.
He can still sue under FMLA discrimination which the judge didn't rule on, likely because his lawyers didn't bring up the correct technical arguments.
- tareqak 6y ago> Buchwald also found that Van Soeren's FMLA claim fails because he was able to take his paternity leave "without incident" and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims. Is that insufficient?
- dragonwriter 6y agoIt would seem to cover it, but when you go to the actual ruling, he sued for FMLA interference, not retaliation, which the judge expressly calls out as a claim that could have been but was not made (and failed to counter the defense motion to dismiss the FMLA claim.)