Promotion Denied: Too Much on Your Plate

Laurie Chadwick was denied a position of team leader at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and is now waiting for a jury to decide if she was denied the promotion because she had four children.

The case is the first out of Maine to deal with a relatively new area of employment discrimination law, which is based on the stereotype that mothers of young children neglect their jobs in favor of child-care issues.

This same area of discrimination is the subject of state legislation proposed by the Maine Women’s Lobby. The bill proposes that “family caregiver” be added to the list of groups protected under anti-discrimination law.