Post by spaceflower on Mar 20, 2015 13:00:26 GMT
The concept of job security is not what it used to be in Sweden. But in the USA it seems to be non-existent.
act.watchdog.net/petitions/4996?r=2154721.SyEi0P
Three days of paper work?! It seems a good thing that they had a lactation room, but they did not want it to be used?
In USA, the employer hires and fires at their own pleasure. But this made people protest.
I cannot imagine this happening in Europe. In Sweden, almost every mother would be at home on paid parental leave.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave
Without paid parental leave, most mothers have to go to work early, while still breastfeeding. But this company did not want employers who were breastfeeding. And there are no legal grounds to stop them. Or could she sue the company for discrimination?
On her first day back from maternity leave, Nationwide employee Angela Ames told her supervisor she needed to use the company’s lactation room to pump and store her breastmilk.
Her supervisor denied her request, saying it would take three days to process paperwork that would allow her to use the lactation room.
Her supervisor denied her request, saying it would take three days to process paperwork that would allow her to use the lactation room.
Three days of paper work?! It seems a good thing that they had a lactation room, but they did not want it to be used?
Ames sought help from a company nurse, who advised her to use a room reserved for sick employees, but the room was already occupied.
As Ames sought a solution––experiencing increasing discomfort and distress––her supervisor threatened disciplinary action, told her to “go home and be with your babies,” and then pressured her to sign a letter of resignation.
As Ames sought a solution––experiencing increasing discomfort and distress––her supervisor threatened disciplinary action, told her to “go home and be with your babies,” and then pressured her to sign a letter of resignation.
In USA, the employer hires and fires at their own pleasure. But this made people protest.
I cannot imagine this happening in Europe. In Sweden, almost every mother would be at home on paid parental leave.
Paid parental leave has been available as a legal right and/or governmental program for many years, in one form or another, in most countries – with the exceptions of the United States of America, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, and Liberia.[2] The United States is the only high income country not to provide such leave.
Without paid parental leave, most mothers have to go to work early, while still breastfeeding. But this company did not want employers who were breastfeeding. And there are no legal grounds to stop them. Or could she sue the company for discrimination?