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EMPLOYMENT LAW
Family Responsibilities
Discrimination
By Cynthia Thomas Calvert, Joan C. Williams,
and Gary Phelan
Covering the breadth of liabilities in this fastgrowing
area.
Family Responsibilities Discrimination provides
everything lawyers need to know about this subject
area. From the discussion of applicable federal,
state, and local laws that cover family caregivers in
various circumstances to analysis of issues arising with particular types of
workers, this treatise is a useful resource for all employment lawyers. Family
Responsibilities Discrimination provides a clear explanation of what FRD is,
how and why it arises, related laws, how claims are brought and defended, and
how it can be prevented in the workplace. Written by the lawyers who pioneered
the research behind the concept of FRD, this book is an invaluable compendium
of information.
The only treatise published exclusively on FRD, Family Responsibilities
Discrimination covers topics such as:
• The history and development of FRD
• Potential causes of FRD in the workplace
• Statutory and common law bases of FRD liability
• Current federal and state FRD case law
• Practice tips for both plaintiffs’ and management-side lawyers
This treatise also contains summaries organized by jurisdiction, a bibliography of
social science studies, practice checklists, sample pleadings, and a chapter on
Canadian law.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. Overview of Family Responsibilities Discrimination
Part II. Federal Law Governing Family Responsibilities Discrimination
Chapter 2. Title VII Sex Discrimination
Chapter 3. The Family and Medical Leave Act
Chapter 4. Americans with Disabilities Act
Chapter 5. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Chapter 6. The Equal Pay Act
Part III. State and Local Law Governing Family Responsibilities Discrimination
Chapter 7. State and Local Statutory Overview
Chapter 8. State Common Law Overview
Chapter 9. State Law and FRD
Part IV. FRD and Particular Types of Employees
Chapter 10. Public Employees
Chapter 11. Pregnant Employees
Chapter 12. Employees With Flexible Work Schedules
Chapter 13. Male Caregivers
Part V. Comparative Law
Chapter 14. Family Responsibilities Discrimination in Canada
Appendices
Table of Cases
Index
Cynthia Thomas Calvert is an employment attorney and President of Workforce 21C
who has led the research behind FRD at the Center for Work Life Law.
Joan C. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law and Founding Director of the
Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Gary Phelan is a shareholder at Mitchell & Sheahan, P.C., Stratford and Stamford, CT.
The Family and Medical Leave Act
Michael J. Ossip and Robert M. Hale,
Editors-in-Chief (Main Volume); Gail V. Coleman
and Indira Talwani, Associate Editors (Main
Volume); Gail V. Coleman, Editor-in-Chief (2013
Cumulative Supplement)
Federal Labor Standards Legislation
Committee, ABA Section of Labor and
Employment Law
Understand the complex issues surrounding
this seemingly simple statute.
The Family and Medical Leave Act is the premier resource for handling all
aspects of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), including interrelationships
with other laws. This treatise focuses on the responsibilities of employees and
employers under the Act, as reflected in the statute, regulations, and case law,
including provisions of the Act, regulations promulgated by the Department of
Labor (DOL), how DOL opinion letters have interpreted provisions, and how
leave rights are coordinated with other legal rights of employees.
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The 2013 Cumulative Supplement analyzes and explains statutory and
regulatory developments, including the 2013 rule to implement the 2009 and
2010 amendments to the military leave provisions and the 2010 airline flight
crew provisions; varying approaches of the courts to caring for family members,
including adult children; cases regarding substance abuse under the FMLA;
cases regarding the interplay between the FMLA and employer policies
regarding notice, certification, and fitness-for-duty certifications; cases regarding
how much notice an employee is required to provide where the employer has
some knowledge of the employee’s conditions; mixed-motive cases under the
FMLA, after the Supreme Court decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services,
Inc.; and the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in Coleman v. Court of
Appeals of Maryland on state sovereign immunity and the self-care provision.
Michael J. Ossip is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice of Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA.
Robert M. Hale is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice of Goodwin Procter
LLP, Boston, MA.
Gail V. Coleman is retired from the Department of Labor, where she served as Deputy
Associate Solicitor for Fair Labor Standards.
Indira Talwani, a partner in Segal Roitman LLP, Boston, MA, at the time the main volume
was written, is now a federal district court judge.
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