Married lawyers suing former employer Jones Day will get a trial on claims that the firm’s parental leave policy for newborns discriminates against biological fathers and that they faced retaliation for complaining about it.
Marc Savignac and Julia Sheketoff survived the law firm’s bid to end the case, said Judge Randolph D. Moss in a sealed ruling Wednesday over opposing motions for summary judgment.
Savignac can go forward with a claim under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that Jones Day’s policy discriminates because of sex by giving eight more weeks to female associates compared to their male ...
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