What's Up With U.S. Maternity Leave?

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

Its a slippery slope. If you hare wimmins in childrens bearing age, next thang you know them wimmins will want the right to equal pay, to vote and drive it'll be just a never ending slope. No siree, Bob! This is Murkha. We keep our wimmins in there places...

It's what makes America GRRRRRRRRREAT! If this were horrible turrible Socialist Europe, a woman might be able to bring an action for direct sexual discrimination under EU law but here we know better -- let the MAN run the show, yo.

[Boiler 43,419]

There was an article earlier this year in the Guardian, actually quite balanced, now this was about UK situation and explaining how this was pretty common practice for obvious reasons.

I have also come across some pretty egregious examples, just pisses everybody else off who has to cover.

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

There was an article earlier this year in the Guardian, actually quite balanced, now this was about UK situation and explaining how this was pretty common practice for obvious reasons.

I have also come across some pretty egregious examples, just pisses everybody else off who has to cover.

When I was at law school in London, my career advisor told me that as a married, 30 year old woman, I was going to find it an uphill battle to get a training contract at one of the "Magic Circle" firms. If I were 5-8 years younger and unmarried, or a male of any age, I'd have a much better shot because obviously I was going to pop one out imminently. They also told me to suck it up and deal, and not to even consider pursuing a claim for sexual discrimination if I had even thought of such a thing (and such a thing had been discussed at length in my EU law class by frantic female students) because these were the most powerful firms in the UK and I was... who? Thankfully, I ended up working for many years for an investment manager and selling my soul to a different devil.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

When I was at law school in London, my career advisor told me that as a married, 30 year old woman, I was going to find it an uphill battle to get a training contract at one of the "Magic Circle" firms. If I were 5-8 years younger and unmarried, or a male of any age, I'd have a much better shot because obviously I was going to pop one out imminently. They also told me to suck it up and deal, and not to even consider pursuing a claim for sexual discrimination if I had even thought of such a thing (and such a thing had been discussed at length in my EU law class by frantic female students) because these were the most powerful firms in the UK and I was... who? Thankfully, I ended up working for many years for an investment manager and selling my soul to a different devil.

As long as the price was right.

[Boiler 43,419]

Have to be a really stupid situation for you to be given cause to sue.

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

As long as the price was right.

35 hours a week, extensive European travel, great co-workers, subsidized rail travel throughout the UK, free annual London Transport Travelcard, five weeks paid vacation a year and the opportunity to change aspects of securities regulation (for the better) on an international scale? Yeah, it was worth it. It's the only thing I miss about living in the UK. Two of our five directors were women, and the company gave generous maternity leave. Wouldn't have given any of it up for 80 hour weeks at a law firm that has dormitories for staff who have to spend the night, where I'd end up crying under my desk in exhaustion as many of my classmates did.

Have to be a really stupid situation for you to be given cause to sue.

My EU law class unit on this situation was full of SMH cases throughout the Union, not just in the UK.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Socialist!!!

35 hours a week, extensive European travel, great co-workers, subsidized rail travel throughout the UK, free annual London Transport Travelcard, five weeks paid vacation a year and the opportunity to change aspects of securities regulation (for the better) on an international scale? Yeah, it was worth it. It's the only thing I miss about living in the UK. Two of our five directors were women, and the company gave generous maternity leave. Wouldn't have given any of it up for 80 hour weeks at a law firm that has dormitories for staff who have to spend the night, where I'd end up crying under my desk in exhaustion as many of my classmates did.

My EU law class unit on this situation was full of SMH cases throughout the Union, not just in the UK.

Edited November 4, 2014 by JohnR!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

35 hours a week, extensive European travel, great co-workers, subsidized rail travel throughout the UK, free annual London Transport Travelcard, five weeks paid vacation a year and the opportunity to change aspects of securities regulation (for the better) on an international scale? Yeah, it was worth it. It's the only thing I miss about living in the UK. Two of our five directors were women, and the company gave generous maternity leave. Wouldn't have given any of it up for 80 hour weeks at a law firm that has dormitories for staff who have to spend the night, where I'd end up crying under my desk in exhaustion as many of my classmates did.

My EU law class unit on this situation was full of SMH cases throughout the Union, not just in the UK.

That's serious commie stuff. I love it!