Source: www.wuft.org - Thursday, May 30, 2019
Updated at 11:27 a.m. ET Two years ago, Derek Rotondo told his employer he wanted to take 16 weeks of paid leave granted to primary caregivers for his newborn son. He says he was told: “Men, as biological fathers, were presumptively not the primary caregiver.” He was only eligible for two weeks’ leave. Rotondo, who had been investigating financial crimes for JPMorgan Chase for seven years, filed a complaint at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging gender discrimination at the big bank. Within days, JPMorgan Chase said it would work with Rotondo, and granted him the extra leave he wanted. On Thursday, his case culminated in a class-action settlement with JPMorgan Chase. The bank will pay $5 million to hundreds, possibly thousands, of men who filed for primary caregiver leave and were denied in the last seven years. Rotondo and his attorney said JPMorgan Chase changed its policy; the bank says its policy was always gender neutral, but said it has clarified its language. “We thank Mr. Rotondo for bringing the matter to our attention,” wrote Reid Broda, associate general counsel for JPMorgan Chase. Rotondo’s case is among a small but growing number of class action suits brought by men arguing their employers’ leave policies discriminate against them. Debates over paid leave have put companies’ policies under scrutiny. In 2015, CNN journalist Josh Levs settled a similar complaint with parent company Time Warner, which
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Updated at 11:27 a.m. ET Two years ago, Derek Rotondo told his employer he wanted to take 16 weeks of paid leave granted to primary caregivers for his newborn son. He says he was told: “Men, as biological fathers, were presumptively not the primary caregiver.” He was only eligible for two weeks’ leave. Rotondo, who had been investigating financial crimes for JPMorgan Chase for seven years, filed a complaint at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging gender discrimination at the big bank. Within days, JPMorgan Chase said it would work with Rotondo, and granted him the extra leave he wanted. On Thursday, his case culminated in a class-action settlement with JPMorgan Chase. The bank will pay $5 million to hundreds, possibly thousands, of men who filed for primary caregiver leave and were denied in the last seven years. Rotondo and his attorney said JPMorgan Chase changed its policy; the bank says its policy was always gender neutral, but said it has clarified its language. “We thank Mr. Rotondo for bringing the matter to our attention,” wrote Reid Broda, associate general counsel for JPMorgan Chase. Rotondo’s case is among a small but growing number of class action suits brought by men arguing their employers’ leave policies discriminate against them. Debates over paid leave have put companies’ policies under scrutiny. In 2015, CNN journalist Josh Levs settled a similar complaint with parent company Time Warner, which
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