8/3/2007

WHAT IS FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY DISCRIMINATION (“FRD”)? 

    FRD describes a sub-category of discrimination cases that involve employees who are caregivers, whether it be for a young or disabled child, an ill spouse, or an aging parent. The way we think about “protected categories” (race, age, sex, national origin) under Title VII and related discrimination statutes may be changing. The EEOC is grappling with how to define its role in the work-family conflict as that relates to employee caregivers and the commission issued new guidelines in May 2007 to raise awareness about related workplace practices. The debate about FRD involves part sociology, part psychology and the study of biases, and part legal analysis. In the era of the “sandwich generation” (a person who has a child and elderly parent to care for) times are a changin’, and the way laws governing employment discrimination and their interpretation may be too… or will they?

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