Saturday, 24 October 2020

Disney fires man for taking paternity leave; judge rules it's not discrimination because he didn't give birth

Steven Van Soeren worked for Disney Streaming Service, which does grant some paternity leave for employees. After Van Soeren's wife got pregnant, he claims to have noticed a pattern of undercutting comments and other harassment from his colleagues — despite the fact that he hadn't yet disclosed to them that his wife was pregnant, and that he would be taking paternity leave. — Read the rest