News.com.au has a story (finally!) on the discrimination that fathers are increasingly facing in the workplace when we try to take advantage of the supposedly equal rights offered to us and women.
QUOTE: In 1995-96, there were eight complaints to the commission. Last year that figure jumped to 17.
Complainants include:
A DAD who left work early once to care for his child and was sacked because the employer believed child care was his wife's responsibility.
Acting Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner Slavka Scott said the number of complaints could be the tip of the iceberg because men were less likely to complain and attitudes had not caught up with the changing times. :QUOTE
I've faced the same issues at work - my wife left me with our three kids and I've worked a full-time professional job ever since (nearly 2 years back), but I've had my fair share of discrimination and exclusion.
Great to see this finally becoming a press-worthy issue.
