Some new moms get the news while they are on maternity leave that they are being terminated from their jobs. This can cause extreme amounts of anxiety during what is supposed to be a chance for new mothers to adjust …
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided that a grocery supply company must respond to a subpoena regarding the strength tests it gives to employees. The tests allegedly discriminate against pregnant women.
A former employee of McLane Company made …
A former employee is alleging that the San Francisco law firm of Arnold & Porter, as well as the staffing agency that placed her with the firm, has discriminated against her due to her pregnancy She claims that she was …
Many technology companies are currently racing to offer better policies for parental leave in an effort to retain their employees. One such company, Adobe Systems, recently announced that it is offering new mothers 26 weeks of paid time off through …
Employment discrimination because of pregnancy is illegal under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act and other state and federal laws. If a woman is unable to perform her job because of a medical condition related to pregnancy …
Raley’s, the West Sacramento-based grocery store chain, is being sued for pregnancy discrimination by two former employees. Raley’s operates over 120 grocery stores in northern California and Nevada under the names Raley’s, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods, and Food …
In the mid-2000s, UPS had a couple of policies which could be considered extremely unfair to employees. On the one hand, if a UPS driver lost his or her driver’s license because of a DUI, the company would consider assigning …
A woman in Portland, OR claims she was fired for taking too many bathroom breaks when she was pregnant with her second child. The woman, who worked for a cell phone chip manufacturer, says that supervisors told her she was …
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced last week that it reached a $5 million settlement with Wells Fargo to resolve claims that the company discriminated against pregnant women, new mothers, and women on maternity leave. The San …
A recent study released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shows that pregnancy discrimination affects almost every industry and every part of the country. Attorneys for the EEOC say that pregnancy discrimination is one of the most overt types of …
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