Working Mothers: A Protected Class? Courts Allow Discrimination Claims Based on Family/Childcare Stereotyping
Robert Wallace - Wison Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
June 20, 2007
It should come as no surprise to most observers that women are ascending the corporate ladder. For example, 43 of the Fortune 500 General Counsel are women and 10 percent of the major executive positions in such corporations are held by women. But the growth has slowed in recent years and one of the major obstacles to women ascending to management positions are stereotypes regarding their ability to handle a career and their family responsibilities.
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