JPMorgan employee sues firm's '1950s' paternity leave policy

Whilst society is transcending traditional gender roles, with childcare leaning towards a more flexible and shared caring model, workplaces aren’t moving in tandem with modern attitudes.

Often, women are considered the primary caregiver, whilst fathers face a penalty for wanting to take a more active role when it comes to childcare or are subject to company policies, resembling ‘1950s’ social attitudes.

Such was the case for Derek Rotondo, a fraud investigator at JPMorgan Chase & Company, who is filing a sex discrimination complaint against the firm after he discovered his employer only provided him with two weeks of parental leave while ‘primary caregivers’ were eligible for 16 weeks.

Rotondo's complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with the help of the ACLU and employment law firm Outten & Golden, seeks change to the company's policy, which he described as "something out of the 1950's” - NBC News reports.