Blog entries by Jessica Lee Jessica Lee is a senior staff attorney at the Center for WorkLife Law, where she works to advance gender equality in the workplace and in education, with a focus on family caregiver discrimination. Some State and Local Laws Protect Family Caregivers at Work, More Are Needed By: Cynthia Thomas Calvert, Jessica Lee, Susan Reinhard, June 04, 2021 One day, with no warning and no prior history of discipline, Theatrice Ann Coats was fired from her job, allegedly for eating food at her desk. But the real reason may have been something that happened weeks earlier. When...