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Caregivers are not a protected class under the federal discrimination laws, but disparate treatment would violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Pregnant women, mothers, unmarried women, fathers, and grandparents may have care giving responsibilities. Care giving responsibilities include employees’ responsibilities to care for children, elderly or disabled family members.
Care giving responsibility discrimination occurs when an employer’s decision affecting a care giver discriminates on the basis of a protected characteristic under Title VII or the
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