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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jun. 12, 2007

Family Ties Should Not Bind Those Who Craft Employment Law

Forum Column - By Frances Rogers - Frances Rogers uncovers the downside of workplace anti-discrimination proposals.

FORUM COLUMN

By Frances Rogers

      Categories protected under state and federal anti-discrimination laws are, with the arguable exception of religion, defined by attributes over which individuals have no control. Along those lines, it reasonably could be argued that a person's family responsibilities are not exclusively volitional.
      Many do not choose to care for an elderly, disabled parent; s...

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