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
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
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
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
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
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
Federal Agency Says North Dakota Restaurant Fired Server Because She Was Pregnant - MINNEAPOLIS - 40 Steak & Seafood, a Bismarck, N.D., restaurant, violated federal law by firing a server because she was pregnant, the...more
Pregnant Employees and Those With Disabilities Were Denied Reasonable Accommodations And Discharged, Federal Agency Found - CHICAGO / PHILADELPHIA - The Cato Corporation, a leading retailer of women's fashion and...more
Health Care Network Failed to Accommodate and Fired Employees Because of Their Disabilities and/or Pregnancies, Federal Agency Charged - FRESNO, Calif. - Family HealthCare Network will pay $1.75 million and furnish other...more
Health Care Company Failed to Accommodate and Instead Fired Pregnant Employees and Employees With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. - Absolut Facilities Management, LLC, doing business as Absolut Care...more
Company Unlawfully Fired Manager Shortly After Learning She Was Pregnant, Agency Charged - NEW ORLEANS-Rainbow USA Inc., a specialty apparel chain, violated federal law when it terminated a manager upon becoming aware of...more
Company's Written Policy Terminated Women Employees at the Fifth Month of Pregnancy Regardless of Ability to Work - Jackson, Tenn. - A Plus Care Solutions, a supplier of direct support professional caregivers to disabled...more
Health Network Rescinded Job Offer to Woman Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - PHOENIX - Community Care Health Network, Inc., doing business as Matrix Medical Network in Scottsdale, Ariz., violated federal...more
Menonomie, Wisconsin Distribution Center Refused to Keep Pregnant Workers on the Job Working Light Duty, Federal Agency Charges - MADISON - Wal-Mart violated federal law when it refused to accommodate workers'...more