Are you family-friendly? EEOC highlights legal risks if you're not

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The EEOC has just issued detailed advice on how HR can help ward off claims related to "family responsibility discrimination," or "caregiver discrimination."rnThe advice is timely, because you can expect to see more and more of these cases.rnOne reason: The recession has made employees quick to pull the trigger on all bias complaints, as evidenced by an upswing in filings with the EEOC.rnMeanwhile, economic distress puts extra pressure on families, leaving many breadwinners feeling run ragged - and resentful - between work and home demands.