Re: Is this gender discrimination?
Date: June 14, 2013 12:35AM
Roger Wrote:
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> My sister is a police officer in California. She
> passed her sergeant's exam last October and her
> captain just informed her this week that they have
> a slot and they've formally offered her the
> position.
>
> The problem is she gave birth 2 weeks ago and was
> on maternity leave until the end of July. My
> brother-in-law (her husband and the baby's father)
> was killed in Iraq in December so, she's on her
> own. She has friends and family helping her out
> but, no permanent childcare yet.
>
> The captain went on to say that if she doesn't
> take the promotion now and come off maternity
> leave then she loses the promotion opportunity.
> Her name would go to the bottom of the sergeant's
> promotions roster and have to rise up the ladder.
> Might be a year or more...A nice thing is if she
> takes the current offer, it's at a precinct much
> closer to her home but, there's no guarantee if
> she waits that she'd get the same assignment. She
> might get another one that's further away from
> where she lives now. Sure, she could move.
>
> She thinks she has a gender discrimination case
> because if she was a male officer she'd never be
> in this position. All she wants is to assume the
> offer at the end of July at the end of her
> maternity leave. Does she have a case?
No. If you decide to pass up an opportunity to take a position in order to take leave only available to women, tough shit. It's not discriminatory.