๐ฅ Goldman Sachs told him its business.The law says it's sex discrimination - against a man
Jonathan Reeves took six months of paternity leave.
When he returned, he was dismissed.
The tribunal ruled it was sex discrimination.
Because a woman in the same role wouldnโt have been treated the same.
Not because men are oppressed.
But because men arenโt expected to take time off for family.
And when they do - it costs them.
Sex discrimination isnโt always against women.
But itโs always about gender.
What youโre allowed to do.
What youโre expected to sacrifice.
What makes you seem
โcommitted.โAnd employers reinforce these expectations without realising:โค They question a womanโs ability to return, but ignore a manโs need to adjust
โค They reward availability, but not accountability
โค They assume care = female, drive = male
โค They delay promotions after maternity leave, and quietly sideline men who take paternity leave
Itโs not personal.
Itโs structural.
And thatโs why it keeps happening.
These arenโt one-off decisions.
Theyโre patterns.
โ Women have to prove they wonโt leave.โ Men have to prove they wonโt slow down.โ Anyone who doesnโt โfit the mouldโ gets quietly moved aside.No policy says this.
But the outcomes show it.
And when someone files a claim?
Itโs not your intention that matters.
Itโs your impact.
If you're dealing with long-term absence that might affect the business, heres what you
SHOULD do instead"โ Audit decision-making patterns โ especially around flexibility, leave, pay, and progression
โ Introduce a gender lens across every people process โ maternity, paternity, hybrid, reward
โ Train leaders to notice gendered assumptions โ because bias doesnโt always look like discrimination... until it is
๐๐ฝ ๐๐ถ, ๐โ๐บ ๐ง๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐.
๐โ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ผ.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐
๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด.
๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝโ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ.
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