There’s been plenty of discussion in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere around the country about paid maternity leave—but what about the dads? One working father, former CNN reporter Josh Levs, challenged his company’s leave policy as unfair to dads with the help of the nonprofit Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs and Boies, Schiller & Flexner.
This week, the plaintiffs announced a settlement in the case, which serves as a reminder not only that gender discrimination charges cut both ways, but that employers shouldn’t dismiss the idea that, just like many working moms, many working dads want time off to spend with their kids, too.
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