Re:Pregnancy Discrimination Is Rampant Inside America’s Bigg...
by ryanobjc on Saturday June 16, 2018 @12:31AM
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Other solutions, since we aren't going to see policy solutions in the US anytime soon, might include:
- insurance to help companies pay for parental leave
- state level policies (eg: California, but it only has 6 weeks which is hilariously short)
- stronger enforcement of current laws
Re:Pregnancy Discrimination Is Rampant Inside America’s Bigg...
by AFNobody on Saturday June 16, 2018 @07:48AM
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True, I agree under an ideal framework including a form of insurance for parental leave could also work in place of the negative income tax.
Re:Pregnancy Discrimination Is Rampant Inside America’s Bigg...
by gnicholas on Friday June 15, 2018 @11:16PM
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> A per-child negative income tax sufficient to cover the risk/impact of employer discrimination.
Wouldn't this just lead to employers discriminating, on the grounds that "hey, you already got your tax benefit to make up for it"?
Re:Pregnancy Discrimination Is Rampant Inside America’s Bigg...
by AFNobody on Saturday June 16, 2018 @07:45AM
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Not if the penalties harsh enough that a decent lawyer will take an average case on spec.
You need to remember the effectiveness of a law is penalty * odds of getting caught. You just need to make discrimination unattractive financially and provide some incentive to the parents to cover the risk.
The policy solution is:
- A per-child negative income tax sufficient to cover the risk/impact of employer discrimination.
- Give mothers and fathers equal leave.
- Limit the compulsory work week to 50 hours for salaried (or overtime hourly) employees.
- Penalties for violating the above sufficient to convince lawyers to take the case on a speculative basis if the client has a legitimate case.
That balances out the differences between genders and parents/non-parents sufficiently that anyone with sense wouldn't take the risk.