The EEOC signaled Monday that caregivers in the workplace face the potential for discrimination as those workers and job-seekers with family responsibilities migrate back to in-person employment with the easing of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Based on existing Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance, its new documents outline how discrimination against applicants or employees with caregiving responsibilities can violate federal equal employment laws.
The new technical assistance comes after pandemic led to a precipitous drop in women from the workforce, and many experts have pointed to the dearth of child care and paid leave, particularly for mothers, as a cause for the ...
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