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老澳门开奖结果 Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling in Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland

Case: Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals
March 20, 2012 3:12 pm
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Accoring to Steven R. Shapiro, legal director of the 老澳门开奖结果. 鈥淎s Justice Ginsburg notes so powerfully in her dissent, Congress passed the FMLA to address the fact that women workers, including public employees, were often fired when they needed to take time off during pregnancy and to recover from childbirth. The law was made gender-neutral because Congress understood that providing leave to women only would reinforce stereotypes and encourage employers not to hire women. Today's decision leaves women more vulnerable to sex discrimination and elevates states' rights over a woman鈥檚 right to be free from unconstitutional sex discrimination, including pregnancy discrimination."

Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals

Whether states can be sued under the "self-care" provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for failing to provide employees with twelve weeks unpaid leave to deal with their own medical needs.

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