A federal judge is allowing University of Iowa employees to join a lawsuit against school and state officials for what a UI employee thinks is a gender-biased parental-leave policy. In June, David Johnson, who works in the Registar's Office, filed suit in Johnson County District Court claiming the school's parental-leave policy discriminates on the basis of gender. He was not permitted to use up to five accrued sick days when his daughter was born in November 2002.
Posted by Editor at December 1, 2003 01:49 PM