For the first time in history, women are
half of all U.S. workers, and mothers are the primary or co-bread
winners in nearly two-thirds of American families. The recent economic
downturn accelerated this trend: men lost three-quarters of the jobs
shed from December 2007 to October 2009. Consequently, gender
discrimination has become not just a women’s issue, but a family issue that has taken center stage in the country’s legal and political arena.
Developments in this area are increasingly affecting American
employers—and their corporate law departments—as evidenced by the
growing popularity of multimillion-dollar gender discrimination lawsuits
filed against some of the world’s largest corporations. Some of these
suits have had devastating results for employers, including a 2010 $250
million jury verdict against Novartis AG, a company that was previously
voted byWorking Mother magazine as one of America’s top 100 places for women to work.
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