Oct. 23, 2007
Postpartum Recession
Forum Column - By Charlotte Fishman - A recent lawsuit against AT&T asked a provocative question: Why should women see their employment benefits cut because they missed work for pregnancies that took place decades ago?
Charlotte Fishman
Pick Up the PaceEmail: cfishman@sbcglobal.net
Charlotte is a member of the executive board of the National Employment Lawyers Association and a frequent contributor to CLE programs on hidden bias in the workplace.
FORUM COLUMN
Many a parent has admonished a child with "See these gray hairs? You've taken years off my life!" But how would you react if your mother complained that you had taken a bite out of her pension?
Well, that's what happened to mothers who spent their entire careers in the telecommunications industry. Women who got pregnant before the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act in 1978 were treated differently than employees wh...
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