Visiting professor Susan Bisom-Rapp has posted on SSRN her essay The Landmark Bostock Decision: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Bias in Employment Constitute Sex Discrimination under Federal Law.
The essay was solicited by and written for the Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal (CLL&PJ).
On June 15,...
From the New York Times:
Across the country, young newlyweds are dealing with a host of new challenges and anxieties brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Many have lost jobs or are worried about the possibility of losing work. Others are dealing with the stress of loved ones falling ill....
From Psychology Today: For decades now, studies have suggested that marriage has advantages for boosting our happiness and longevity. A case in point was a 17-nation study published in a 1998 edition of the Journal of Marriage and Family that found being married was 3.4 times more closely linked to happiness than cohabitation....
Professor Deborah Widiss has posted her forthcoming article, Equalizing Parental Leave (to be published in the Minnesota L. Rev.).
Professor Widiss argues that parental leave legislation in the United States often prioritizes treating mothers and fathers equally. In doing so, the legislation unintentionally disadvantages single-parent families. Those families as a...