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Is it legal to fire someone while they’re on parental leave?

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By Michelle Ma – Protocol, 05/16/2022

“…This week, Twitter fired the company’s head of Consumer, Kayvon Beykpour, in the latest shakeup related to the Elon Musk deal. According to Beykpour’s tweet, the senior executive was on paternity leave after welcoming a daughter last month. This brings up a lot of questions around the ethics — and legality — of firing someone while they’re on parental leave…”

Read the entire article: https://www.protocol.com/workplace/twitter-kayvon-beykpour-paternity-leave