Pregnancy Discrimination

Are you experiencing workplace discrimination due to pregnancy? If so, you don’t need to suffer in silence.

Workplace Discrimination Based on Pregnancy Is Illegal

Federal law, state laws and many local laws prohibit discrimination based on pregnancy for most employees. These laws protect you in the workplace from:

• Less favorable treatment
• Fewer workplace opportunities
• Termination
• Refusal to hire
   

Similarly, these laws protect you if your employer denies your maternity leave or refuses to hire you because of your pregnancy.

These laws mean that your employer may not make employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about pregnancy’s effect on your job performance, such as assumptions that pregnant workers are generally unable to perform certain physical tasks, even if the employer believes he or she is acting in your best interest

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 mandates that employers treat women who are affected by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions the same as other employees, including women, who are not pregnant but otherwise similar in their ability or inability to work. 

If you are temporarily unable to perform some of your job duties because of pregnancy, your employer may not treat you less favorably than workers whose job performance is similarly restricted because of conditions other than pregnancy.

For example, if an employer provides paid leave for other temporary medical conditions, the employer must provide you the same paid leave for pregnancy or related medical conditions. If you are pregnant, your seniority and other benefits and privileges must accrue according to the same terms and conditions as other people with temporary disabilities.

Click here to learn more about legal protections against workplace pregnancy discrimination.

Why Hire KMB For Your Pregnancy Discrimination Case?

Our attorneys are nationally recognized pregnancy discrimination experts. If you are experiencing pregnancy discrimination and are thinking about taking action, or if you have reported such discrimination and are facing retaliation, contact the experienced lawyers at Katz, Marshall & Banks. Your communications with us are confidential and without charge or further obligation.