An Ohio law firm came under fire this week after it put on a display of how new parents are too often treated when they dare to take parental leave. A text from a senior attorney at Zashin and Rich, a Cleveland employment law firm, abusing a former associate at the firm for having gone to another job soon after returning from maternity leave, went viral—and the guy who sent the text is now also no longer with Zashin and Rich.
“I had suspicions you were interviewing two months ago and I told Stephen then to ask you about it. I also told him to cut you loose at that time if confirmed. He was too nice of a guy to do so,” Jon Dileno texted the unnamed associate. “What you did—collecting salary from the firm while sitting on your ass, except to find time to interview for another job—says everything one needs to know about your character. Karma’s a bitch. Rest assured regarding anyone who inquires, they will hear the truth from me about what a soul-less and morally bankrupt person you are.”
“Soul-less and morally bankrupt”—for leaving one job for another after maternity leave. Here’s the thing (aside from a level of personal abuse it’s hard to imagine Dileno would have directed at a man): Many employers don’t offer parental leave, but those that do often require a year or more on the job before the benefit becomes available. So if someone wants to leave their job but is pregnant and wants to get the leave they have already qualified for by working at their current job for a...
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