Family Responsibilities Discrimination in Law Firms

Sex-based stereotypes still play a role in workplace decisions in what has become one of the fastest growing areas of employment discrimination law: Family Responsibilities Discrimination ('FRD'). While overall the filing of employment discrimination cases has declined in recent years, FRD lawsuits have increased by 400% in the last decade; and FRD cases have a 50% success rate, compared with a 20% success rate for other employment discrimination cases.

28 minute read June 27, 2008 at 11:32 AM
By
Cara E. Greene And Christopher Willett
Family Responsibilities Discrimination in Law Firms
In her first years working as an associate in a New York City law firm, Jan Sigmon received professional evaluations identifying her work as 'terrific,' but her career took a quick turn after she announced she was pregnant.

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