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Employers Are Discriminating Against Mothers During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Editor New York Times August 6, 2020

Employers are using the pandemic to get rid of mothers, and our attempts to protect them are failing.

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act was enacted this spring for the express purpose of providing workers with expanded family and sick leaves for reasons related to Covid-19 and its accompanying school and child care closings. But between April and June, caregiver-related calls to our hotline at the Center for WorkLife Law, which provides legal resources to help workers claim workplace accommodations and family leaves, increased 250 percent compared to the same time last year. We’ve heard from lots and lots of workers, many of them mothers. And the stories they’re sharing make it clear that Families First is falling short.

One single mom is ineligible for Families First, which excludes health care workers, emergency responders and …continued .
[Source: New York Times]

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