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Firing someone for being on paternity leave is definitely illegal in most places, but laying off executives and high level business folks before a transition at
by criley2 4y ago
Firing someone for being on paternity leave is definitely illegal in most places, but laying off executives and high level business folks before a transition at the top isn't illegal. I wonder if being on paternity leave is a "get out of layoffs free" card where you simply cannot be laid off with others while you're out.
- spiderice 4y agoMy wife was on maternity leave when Covid layoffs happened at her company. She didn’t get laid off. But at the time we both looked at each other and wondered “did we just get saved by maternity leave?” She is great at her job so we have no reason to think she would have otherwise been laid off. But plenty of people who were great at their jobs got laid off due to Covid. So it’s hard not to wonder.
- atonse 4y agoI haven’t seen claims anywhere that he was fired FOR being on paternity leave. It’s that he was fired when he happened to be on paternity leave. But at the end of the day, isn’t it another form of paid leave? So if he was paid out in advance for that time off would that fulfill the company’s obligations? Genuinely asking, I am neutral on this since I don’t know the intents involved.