Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

I adopted a newborn and was only able to use 14 days of my sick leave, whereas if I birthed my child I could of used all of it. Is this an example of discrimination?


Asked on 2/14/13, 6:49 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

No, not the kind that you could successfully sue for (in my opinion) since

Virginia employers generally have no legal obligation to provide their employees

with paid sick leave unless required to do so under a valid contract or collective bargaining type of agreement.

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Answered on 3/03/13, 8:52 pm


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