Professor to Get Trial Over Post-Paternity Leave Tenure Denial

The South Dakota Board of Regents must face trial on a Northern State University professor’s claim that he was denied tenure because he took time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act when his child was born.

The US District Court for the District of South Dakota in a ruling entered Tuesday also reaffirmed its prior conclusion that employees at federally funded educational institutions can sue for sex bias under Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments. The Eighth Circuit hasn’t addressed whether Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act is the exclusive remedy for sex discrimination against ...