Discussions on Recent Legislation, Noteworthy Cases & Trends in Enforcement
This is a sad commentary about the extent of entrenched discriminatory animus in a nation that, in fact, prohibits pregnancy discimination in employment.
We have just read in the Daily …
Continue Reading “The Job or the Baby”: Female Employees Forced To Terminate Pregnancies
Boy, do we have clout or do we have clout!
Just two days after we posted about a NYT article which reported that an employee with a high-risk pregnancy was…
Continue Reading Fired Pregnant Employee Offered Job Back After Our Blog Post!
An article just published in today’s New York Times deserves a read: it is about a woman who lost her desperately-needed job when her doctor insisted that she not work…
Continue Reading Pregnant Employee Fired Because Her Doctor Forbids OT
An assisted living facility in Mississippi hired an employee to work as a kitchen assistant, and on her first day of work she told her supervisor that she was pregnant. …
Continue Reading Don’t Fire An Employee When She Tells You She Is Pregnant
Three new pregnancy discrimination lawsuits filed by the EEOC demonstrate that the EEOC is serious in pursuing its new agenda set forth in the Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and …
Continue Reading EEOC Is Targeting Pregnancy Discrimination: Three New Cases
A Texas restaurant and bar was just sued by the EEOC. Reason? It fired a waitress because she was pregnant, allegedly telling her that “her baby’s health was at risk”…
Continue Reading Pregnant Waitress Fired Because “Baby Was At Risk”: Another EEOC Suit Has Followed
We reported recently on the EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues. The Guidance largely sets forth well-established interpretations of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”) and the…
Continue Reading Pregnant Employees Around The World
As we reported on Monday, the EEOC has issued Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues. The Guidance largely sets forth well-established interpretations of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act…
Continue Reading EEOC’S Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Takes Two Controversial Positions
The EEOC announced today that it has published its Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues. See The Enforcement Guidance, Q&A document, and Fact Sheet which the…
Continue Reading EEOC Issues First Pregnancy Enforcement Guidance in 30 Years
Summary: You Cannot Fire Or Place A Pregnant Employee On Leave Because “The Baby Is Taking Its Toll On You” Or Because Of Potential Harm To The Baby Or …
Continue Reading “It Is Vital To Educate Employers That Firing A Pregnant Employee To Protect Her Or Her Baby Is Against The Law”
