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Search MessagesForum Identity: Joseph Banks   Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:33 PM
My wife is in an interesting situation that we need some advise on. She is a postdoc for the head of an institut....and she is 8.5 months pregnant and recently (within the past week)was informed by email that this PI would not fund her after her maternity leave (though he just got a big NIH grant). When asked his reasons for not continuing her employment, he said that she was productive, but gave no justification other than "I am the CEO, I can do what I want." So she wrote an NRSA to fund her in this lab, which he agreed to sign. Then, 4 days before the due date he refused to sign the paperwork for the NRSA submission UNLESS she signed a written contract with him stating that if she receives the grant, she will stay in his lab for the duration of the grant without any provisions for major life changes (36 months total).

As a postdoc (i.e. peeon) she is employed at will, meaning that she can be fired for any reason at any time. However, given her maternity situation and this apparent blackmail that her PI is attempting to do to her, does anyone have any advise for her? Of course, she is not going to continue working for such a jerk of a PI, but are there any paths for filing complaints when your boss is the director of the entire institute??? Thank you for any advise.

It is really sad when a well educated female gets pregnant and then gets fired. You would think in this day and age that we could all get past this.
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Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
Joseph Banks -- Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:33 PM
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Emil Chuck -- Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:10 PM
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Andy Spencer -- Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:17 PM
Family Leave Act Applicable?
John Mastro -- Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:28 AM
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Alex A -- Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:25 AM
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Russell -- Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:08 PM
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Carlysle Tancha -- Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:27 PM
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Joseph Banks -- Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:34 PM
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Russell -- Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:19 PM
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Emma -- Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:56 PM
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Grace -- Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:17 PM
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T.B. -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:56 PM
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DJM -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:22 PM
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Grace -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:07 PM
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DJM -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:49 PM
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Kelly -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:00 PM
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Dave Jensen -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:28 PM
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Grace -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:43 PM
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Baoloa -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:46 PM
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Dave Jensen -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:59 PM
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M. Peabody -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:20 PM
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Andy Spencer -- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:05 PM
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John Mastro -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:59 AM
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M. Peabody -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:53 AM
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M. Peabody -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:59 AM
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Carlysle Tancha -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:10 AM
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Kelly -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:22 AM
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M. Peabody -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:30 AM
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M. Peabody -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:36 AM
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Russell -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:40 AM
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Kelly -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:42 AM
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Russell -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:43 AM
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Andy Spencer -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:12 PM
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Kelly -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:31 PM
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T.B. -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:03 PM
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Kelly -- Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:21 PM
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Emil Chuck -- Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:13 PM
now, the rest of the story
Kelly -- Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:38 PM
.....the story
F.H.F. -- Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:03 PM
.....the story
Kelly -- Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:31 PM
.....the story
M. Peabody -- Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:38 PM
.....the story
Emil Chuck -- Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:12 PM
.....the story
Emil Chuck -- Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:12 PM
.....the story
Kelly -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:48 AM
.....the story
M. Peabody -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:39 AM
.....the story
Russell -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:12 PM
.....the story
Kelly -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:51 PM
.....the story
Russell -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:17 PM
here's the beef
Ned -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:37 PM
time out
Kelly -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:47 PM
here's the beef
F.H.F. -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:02 PM
here's the beef
Kelly -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:26 PM
time out
Russell -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:29 PM
time out
Grace -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:03 PM
time out
Ned -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:13 PM
whoa... time out...
Emil Chuck -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:20 PM
time out
Kelly -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:07 PM
time out
Emil Chuck -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:21 PM
time out
Grace -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:12 PM
time out
Carlysle Tancha -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:27 PM
A few observations...
Jim Austin -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:42 PM
time out
M. Peabody -- Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:32 PM
time out
Eric -- Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:46 PM
"Mind your own business" is a no-win proposition
Eric -- Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:28 PM
"Mind your own business" is a no-win proposition
Carlysle Tancha -- Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:37 PM
Critical mass
Eric -- Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:10 PM
time out
Kelly -- Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:03 AM
time out
Eric -- Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:55 PM
Science Corps
John Mastro -- Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:12 PM
Science Corps
Rich Lemert -- Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:03 PM
time out
Kelly -- Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:04 PM
time out
Eric -- Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:44 PM
time out
Russell -- Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:31 PM
time out
Carlysle Tancha -- Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:11 PM
time out
Emil Chuck -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:22 AM
time out
Ned -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:50 AM
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Maria -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:03 PM
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Kelly -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:30 PM
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Grace -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:24 PM
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Kelly -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:32 PM
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Emil Chuck -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:35 PM
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Kelly -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:39 PM
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Grace -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:42 PM
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Kelly -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:44 PM
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Kelly -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:49 PM
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Kelly -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:10 PM
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M. Peabody -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:15 PM
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Joseph Banks -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:47 PM
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Elizabet -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:57 PM
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Ale -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:30 PM
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Eric -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:14 PM
To Joseph Banks
Eric -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:25 PM
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Eric -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:28 PM
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Becky -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:06 PM
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R.S.D. -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:16 PM
Disability Insurance and maternity leave
Lydia -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:36 PM
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SB -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:02 PM
To Elizabeth--returning to work 1 week after giving birth
Beth -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:27 PM
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M. Peabody -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:04 PM
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Carlysle Tancha -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:29 PM
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Grace -- Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:35 PM
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Emil Chuck -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:28 AM
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Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:21 AM
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Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:29 AM
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Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:33 AM
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Eric -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:48 AM
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M. Peabody -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:56 AM
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M. Peabody -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:58 AM
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Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:03 AM
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Emil Chuck -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:07 AM
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Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:08 AM
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Eric -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:11 AM
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Dave Jensen -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:13 AM
I think the question is fair
Eric -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:17 AM
I think the question is fair
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:28 AM
let them drown?
Russell -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:43 AM
let them drown?
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:49 AM
How far will we go?
JC -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:13 PM
Take a time out again.
Emil Chuck -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:13 PM
I think the question is fair
Rich Lemert -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:14 PM
How far will we go?
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:35 PM
a little point
Kathy -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:37 PM
a little point
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:48 PM
let them drown?
Russell -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:48 PM
Sick of flame baiting
Dave Jensen -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:51 PM
let them drown?
Grace -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:52 PM
I think the question is fair
Russell -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:55 PM
let them drown?
Dave Jensen -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:55 PM
let them drown?
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:03 PM
for Grace
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:07 PM
let them drown?
Grace -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:11 PM
Sick of flame baiting
Russell -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:13 PM
let them drown?
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:15 PM
Sick of flame baiting
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:19 PM
let them drown?
Grace -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:21 PM
Sick of flame baiting
Dave Jensen -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:23 PM
Institutions vs Individuals
F.H.F. -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:35 PM
let them drown?
Russell -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:39 PM
Sick of flame baiting
Russell -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:46 PM
Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
M. Peabody -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:47 PM
Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
KMC -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:56 PM
shoe on the other foot
Eric -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:57 PM
for Eric
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:53 PM
Children vs. no children
M. Peabody -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:27 PM
Children vs. no children
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:39 PM
Children vs. no children
KMC -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:42 PM
Children vs. no children
Dave Jensen -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:43 PM
Children vs. no children
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:47 PM
Sick of flame baiting
Russell -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:08 PM
Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
R.S.D. -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:27 PM
Sick of flame baiting
Teresa -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:32 PM
getting back to topic...
Sarah T. -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:36 PM
getting back to topic...
Teresa -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:51 PM
Sick of flame baiting
Dave Jensen -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:52 PM
Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:53 PM
getting back to topic...
Emil Chuck -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:59 PM
Sick of flame baiting
Kelly -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:03 PM
Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
Emil Chuck -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:13 PM
A few observations...
Pearl -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:37 PM
What's the record number of posts in a single thread
Eric -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:48 PM
Sick of flame baiting
Russell -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:31 PM
What's the record number of posts in a single thread
Dave Jensen -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:34 PM
where do we go from here?
Carlysle Tancha -- Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:53 PM
can we go here?
Kelly -- Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:51 PM
can we go here?
Christian F. -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:46 AM
A link for those who think maternity leave is optional
GW -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:38 AM
can we go here?
Emil Chuck -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:09 AM
can we go here?
M. Peabody -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:14 AM
university contracts with daycare providers
Eric -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:45 AM
Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
Kelly -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:27 AM
university contracts with daycare providers
Rich Lemert -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:27 AM
university contracts with daycare providers
Ned -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:48 AM
Russell
A. Glass -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:50 PM
Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
M. Peabody -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:05 PM
Russell
Dave Jensen -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:11 PM
Russell
A. Glass -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:50 PM
Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
Christian F. -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:48 PM
Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
Kelly -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:17 PM
Legality of PI firing postdoc over maternity leave
Beth -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:05 PM
End of thread?
Dave Jensen -- Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:28 PM

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