Associated Press
The city of Tampa has reached an agreement with the federal government to resolve a discrimination lawsuit alleging that male workers didn’t receive the same parental leave as female workers.
Under the proposed settlement reached Thursday, Tampa will pay $300,000 and credit 240 hours of additional leave time to male workers who were denied the same amount of parental leave as female workers in 2017 and 2018.
According to the lawsuit, female workers were allowed up to 320 hours of leave time for the purpose of serving as the primary caregiver for a new child, while male workers were permitted only 80 hours as “secondary” caregivers, even if they were the primary caregiver.
At least 10 male workers requested primary caregiver leave and were denied because of their sex, and as many as 150 male workers were discouraged from applying for primary caregiver leave by their supervisors or human resources officials, according to the complaint.
The proposed consent decree, which requires approval from a judge, also requires Tampa to adopt a new parental leave policy that does not discriminate based on sex.
“This agreement sends a clear message that in providing paid or unpaid parental leave, employers must guarantee that those benefits are provided without reliance on presumptions about which parent can be the primary caregiver,” U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said in a statement.
The Tampa City Council passed a resolution Thursday denying that the city unlawfully discriminated against male employees. Both the city and the federal government reached a settlement to “avoid the risk and burdens of protracted litigation,” according to the resolution.
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Republished with permission of The Associated Press.
5 comments
Dont Say Florida
December 24, 2023 at 11:03 pm
Florida is where woke goes to win lawsuits brought against inept lawmakers like Ron DeDantis who enact racist, sexist, and/or homophobic policy.
Earl Pitts "Sage Expert on Everything" American
December 25, 2023 at 9:23 am
Good Morn ‘Ting -AND – HAPPY BABY JESUS BIRTHDAY !!!!!!
*HELLO TAMPA MEN DON’T HAVE BABIES – WOMEN HAVE BABIES*
The above statement was made to re-affirm to 98% of Our Great Nation and not to the heavy concentration on “DOOK 4 BRAINS LEFTY’S” in Tampa.
****So you can hold your Lefty “Undies All Painfully Bunched Up In Your Leftist Tater Hole Comments”.***
So …. ….. uh ….. where was I, Earl Pitts American, going with this “Sage Commentary” …… (Earl plays Jepordy Song to help him remember) ……
…… Oh yeah America, this whole “Over Population Of Dook 4 Brains Lefty’s In Tampa Problem” is why I advised Ron not to sink too much campaign money or effort to “Get The Sage Patriot Vote Out On Election Day” in Tampa.
FYI: We are providing “Patriot Rides To The Polls” in Ybor City though just to throw our “SAGE WISDOM “IN YOUR FACE” TAMPA LEFTY’S.
BOOYAH America,
Earl Pitts American
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Joe The Plumber
December 25, 2023 at 9:56 am
Just a quick update on the Ybor Pats To The Polls:
This year I’ve purchased a new fleet of extra long busses. Converted them “legally” to food pantrys to avoid lefty complaints. I’m staffing the food pantys with my large team of bikini hotdog cart girls and will be providing free all you can eat healthy chili-cheese-dogs along with free all you can drink heathfull malt beveradges.
Its just my way of giving back to my home town of Ybor City.
Joe The Plumber
Earl Pitts "Sage Expert on Everything" American
December 25, 2023 at 11:15 am
Thank you Joe for taking care of the beloved Patriots in Florida’s Conservative and Free Ybor City.
Earl Pitts American
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