By Amanda Wingfield Goldman, Clyde Jacob and Walter Christy ( July 3, 2017, 12:47 PM EDT) -- As Law360 recently reported in "JPMorgan Hit With EEOC Charge Over Unequal Parental Leave," a JPMorgan employee, Derek Rotondo, recently filed a class action charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over JPMorgan's parental leave policy. He alleged it results in biological fathers receiving less parental leave benefits than biological mothers and adoptive parents, resulting in class-based disparate treatment. Rotondo also alleged that JPMorgan's use and reliance on mothers as "primary caregivers" results in a sex-based stereotype that violates state and federal law. Rotondo's EEOC charge illustrates a new problem for unwary employers with maternity leave policies who may fall into the parental leave trap....
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