Woman in the Workplace
“What are my rights as a woman in the workplace?” That is what a wise woman once asked her attorney. She wanted to know if there was a labor law for each on the issues that she faces in the workplace. Although the attorney told her that there is not a labor law to represent every issue that the women experiences in the workplace, many of her issues are covered by a labor law. Today, we are going to discuss some of the issues that you may have for her attorney. I’m sure there is a labor law that you are highly interested to learn more about. I’m sure that there is an attorney out there that can help answer some of the questions that you may have.
1. One of the questions that you may have for an attorney in regards to labor law is if there is a labor law to protect you if you get married, from getting fired. An attorney will tell you that although there are parts of the labor law that forbid discrimination, it does not particularly mention this issue. However, as for women employees, if you are fired because you just married, this violates Title VII since a woman received disparate treatment because she got married.
2. The question that you may have next for the attorney in regards to labor law is if an employer is required to give you a medical leave if you become pregnant. An attorney will tell you that the employer must treat that pregnancy as a medical condition. So therefore, the labor law states that if the employer allows a leave of absence for any other medical condition, they are to allow the same for you. In addition, the attorney will tell you that they are to allow the women to take the same length of medical leave that they would for any other serious medical condition. However, you are more than welcome to negotiate different terms.
3. After that, there is another burning question that you have always wanted to ask an attorney. Now is the golden opportunity. You now want to ask the attorney if there is a labor law that relates to retirement and pension plans. But you do not want a general overview of retirement and pension plans, you have a more specific question in mind. You want to know since there are so many statistics that are circulating that state that the average woman lives longer than men, is there a labor law that states that women are entitled to longer higher pay outs than men. Well, sorry ladies. The buck stops here. The answer is no. That, too would be discrimination against sex – just with another victim- men.
