Pregnancy In the Workplace...Hot Off the Press
New Orleans-based Bakery Fired Employee Because of Medical Condition Related to Her Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charges - NEW ORLEANS – Gracious, LLC, a company based in New Orleans and doing business as Gracious Bakery +...more
Retailer Settled Lawsuit Alleging It Fired Sales Associate Because of Her Pregnancy - ATLANTA – Nationwide retailer Dolgencorp, LLC, which does business as Dollar General, will pay $42,500 and provide other relief to...more
Company Fired Employee Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - MIAMI – Florida Care ALF of Amelia Island, Inc., located in Ferdinand Beach, Florida, violated federal law when it fired an employee because she was...more
Bartender Loses Job After Informing Management That She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - AUSTIN, Texas – Corner Bar, which operates on South Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas, discriminated against a female bartender by...more
Company Terminated Financial Analyst Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - MIAMI – Arubaanse Luchtvaart Maatschhappij Nv, Inc., doing business as Aruba Airlines, will pay $75,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination...more
Company Rejected Black, Disabled, Pregnant and Older Applicants and Forced Out Office Manager Who Opposed Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. – Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing...more
Health Care Company Fired Scheduling Coordinator Because of Her Pregnancy and Related Disability, Federal Agency Charges - ERIE, Pa. – A home health care services company in northwest Pennsylvania violated federal law by...more
Pharmacy and Retailer Refused to Allow a Pregnant Worker with Disabilities to Take Leave, Forcing Her to Quit, Federal Agency Says - ALEXANDRIA, La. – Walgreens Co., a pharmacy and retailer, violated federal law when it...more
Seven years after the Supreme Court's decision in Young v. UPS articulated the legal standard required to establish intentional discrimination in the context of pregnancy discrimination, the United States Court of Appeals for...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that Walmart did not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”) in declining to extend its light duty policy to pregnant employees, largely because it...more
Bourne’s House Admits Firing and Refusing to Rehire a Worker Because She Was Pregnant - NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana restaurant admitted that it violated federal law when it fired and then later refused to rehire a worker...more
MIAMI – Presidente Supermarket No. 31, Inc., a Miami supermarket, has agreed to pay $75,000 and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...more
Federal Contractor Failed to Hire Pregnant Woman, Federal Agency Charged - JACKSONVILLE – DLS Engineering Associates, LLC, a federal contractor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, will pay $70,000 and furnish other relief to...more
Long Island-Based Company Fired Employee Shortly After Learning of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK – Cassone Leasing, Inc., a Ronkonkoma, Long Island-based company that leases and sells office trailers and...more
Federal Contractor Failed to Hire Pregnant Woman, Federal Agency Charges - JACKSONVILLE – DLS Engineering Associates, LLC, a federal contractor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, violated federal law by rescinding a...more
Automaker Made a Conditional Offer of Hire to a Pregnant Applicant but Failed to Hire Her Even Though She Was Qualified and Passed a Company Physical, Federal Agency Charges - CHICAGO – Automaker Ford Motor Company...more
Company Fired Employee Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged - MIAMI – Presidente Supermarket No. 31, Inc., a Miami location in a chain of over 30 supermarkets in Florida, violated federal law by firing an...more
Restaurant Fired and Refused to Rehire a Worker Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - NEW ORLEANS – Bourne’s House, LLC, doing business as Bourne’s House Restaurant, violated federal law when it fired and then...more
On September 17, 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a press release announcing that a charge of discrimination against United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), alleging failure to accommodate in...more
Employers interviewing women of child-bearing age may be tempted to ask about plans for having a baby, but doing so poses risks. While an employer might be concerned about staffing coverage, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act...more
Hospital Refused to Accommodate and Terminated Pregnant Worker, Federal Agency Said - SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Nix Hospitals System, LLC, doing business as Nix Healthcare System, a provider of comprehensive medical services,...more
Retirement Community Failed to Hire Woman It Suspected Would Become Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged - TAMPA - The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch, an upscale retirement community in Sarasota, Florida, will pay $70,000 and...more
Health Care Company Rescinded Job Offer Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged - PHOENIX - A nationwide health care company headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., will pay $150,000 and furnish other relief to...more
Over the past five years, parental leave policies have become increasingly commonplace among employers. Such policies are important tools for recruiting and retaining talented employees, and are important components of a...more
Restaurant Demoted Employee Because of Her Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Rocco's Pub, a Jasper, Ga., restaurant and bar operated by Ciorrocco's, Inc., will pay $15,500 to settle a pregnancy discrimination...more