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pubs90
My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: PA
OK I work for a very family friendly company. They are well respected in the current media and have won numerous of best places to work awards. As a young Mother, I have always appreciated the flexibility that has accompanied my position especially the provision to work from home when needed. The work at home policy has always been loose in it's description and the ability to work from home has always been at your managers discretion. In the first 5 years of my career, I worked from home several times when my kids were of sick from school or daycare. Last year, my old manager left and I got a new manager. This manager fully supports the work from home policy but will not allow you to work from home if you are responsible for a child at the same time. He has actually told us that he doesn't not believe that you can work from home with a child even though he is a single, unmarried man with no children. Recently he approved my colleagues request to work from home one morning becasue he has a headache, but would not approve mine becasue my daughter was sick and could not go to daycare. I explained that my daughter slept the entire 4 hours that I was out of the office but the perception was still that my colleague was able to work from home with a headache but I was not with a sleeping child.
Within my company, many other managers allow their employees to work from home when they have childcare issues, but my manager remains firm that he will not allow it.
Is this discrimination?