Feb. 6, 2009
Rising Hope for Women
The Ledbetter Act and a recent ruling on worker retaliation give rise to cautious optimism that a pregnancy discrimination case will go the way of the women as well.
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.
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Talk about the audacity of hope - who could have imagined that barely a week into office, President Obama would sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and that the Supreme Court would unanimously rule that employees who report discriminatory treatment during an internal investigation are protected from retaliation by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee...
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