'The complaint, filed Tuesday, maintains that the firm and some of its partners promoted crude stereotypes about gender roles...'
Julia Sheketoff and Mark Savignac at home with their son, Henry. They are suing Jones Day, where they worked as lawyers, over its parental-leave and wage practices, along with Mr. Savignac’s dismissal.Jones Day, one of the nation’s largest law firms, faced a harsh spotlight this year when six female lawyerssaying they had faced gender and pregnancy discrimination while working there and had been subjected to a “fraternity culture.
“I was shocked; we truly never considered that they would fire me,” Mr. Savignac said. “We thought the law was so obvious.” Cynthia Thomas Calvert, who advises employers about family-leave policies, said the claim’s fate would hinge on determining whether the policy was intended to provide greater accommodation to recovering mothers or more time for bonding with a child. If meant to foster bonding, the time is supposed to be equal for fathers and mothers.
The firm also said its adoption-leave policy reflected the unique demands that adoptive parents can face, like foreign travel and legal proceedings.the distinction between fathers and mothers or primary and secondary caregivers. They award all employees the same amount of family leave for a new child, though women who give birth can sometimes receive additional time to recover through disability leave.
Jones Day denied that it had discriminated against Ms. Sheketoff and said that “her reviews from multiple partners were mixed.”Their allegations echo those in the class-action complaint against Jones Day, filed in April, that spoke of a “fraternity culture.” That lawsuit, pending in federal court, contends that women who give birth face obstacles to advancement at the firm and that women who have a second child are often asked to leave within a few months of returning to work.
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