Pregnancy discrimination is all too common in the United States. In fact, pregnancy discrimination claims have been on the rise in recent years. If you are facing pregnancy discrimination, here are 10 things you should know about the law. 1. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA) under Title Vll of the Civil Rights Act of […]
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If your employer has a policy that requires all pregnant employees to take unpaid leave for the duration of their pregnancy, regardless of whether they want to, your employer is probably engaged in illegal discrimination and in violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA). However, what if your employer has a policy that
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Retaliation is when an employer takes an adverse employment action—firing, demoting, creating a hostile work environment, etc.—toward you in response to your claim of discrimination or because of your participation in a discrimination hearing. This includes activity that you take on behalf of others who are discriminated against. Interestingly, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity
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The pregnancy discrimination landscape has been forever changed, ever since the United States Supreme Court decided Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. In Young, the Supreme Court told employers that they had to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees, unless they had a very good nondiscriminatory reason not to. With this case as support, the Equal
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We’ve previously discussed some of the challenges breastfeeding mothers face in the workplace. Our blog post titled “Breastfeeding Challenges for New Mothers Who Work Full-Time” examines laws and on-the-job difficulties employees encounter when breastfeeding or expressing milk. Currently, many breastfeeding mothers have a difficult road ahead of them. However, this shouldn’t stop an employee from
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Pregnancy discrimination is an all too common and unfortunately growing threat to women’s rights. Pregnancy discrimination lawsuits in the United States have risen nearly 50% in the last 15 years despite the passing of the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act. And these are just the cases that women actually bring to court, not accounting for the
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If you’re an employee who is pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant, you’ve probably wondered whether you’ll be able to take the necessary time off from work for the care and birth of your child. You might already know that there are several laws that deal with pregnancy and leave, but you may not be
Were you recently fired? Do you know whether you were fired for unlawful reasons? Use this wrongful termination checklist to find out. If you can answer yes to one or more of these questions, you may have a wrongful termination case and should speak with a lawyer. Discrimination Were you fired because of your
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Are you a pregnant employee who is being treated differently at work because you’re pregnant? Or maybe you’ve had complications with your pregnancy such that it makes it difficult or impossible to continue working without your employer making accommodations for your condition? There are laws that deal with these situations. However, understanding them can be
You may be involved in a pregnancy discrimination or other type of employment case. These cases can be difficult and expensive. One factor in favor of investing the resources is that you might get in front of a jury—a jury that could get angry at your former employer and award a significant verdict. Of course, that would
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