A healthcare provided in California, Family HealthCare Network, settled a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit with United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The settlement involved the company's having to pay $1.75 million in fines, as well as...
Legal Protection For Workers
Pregnancy discrimination and the FMLA
This blog has written previously about the many rights expectant mothers in California enjoy. These rights are enshrined in several different laws, both state and federal. Together, they ensure that a Fresno mom does not have to choose between having a child and...
California employers must take steps to help pregnant moms
A previous post on this blog discussed a sad case in which a pregnant mom, who was a California prison guard, lost her baby after she had to break up a fight involving inmates. The woman is now suing her employer on account of its medical leave policy, a policy which...
Prison guard suing after losing her baby while on the job
A prison guard who had a history of struggling to conceive is suing her employer, one of California's state prisons, after she lost her baby. The woman said that the loss occurred while she was trying to break up a fight between two prisoners. The woman was seven...
California gives additional rights to pregnant workers
As this blog has discussed on previous occasions, employers in the Fresno area must afford pregnant workers certain rights and protection, including the right to be free from discrimination based on pregnancy.A previous post went over some of these rights as they are...
Statistics show thousands of claims of pregnancy discrimination
Thousands of women have been subject to unlawful discrimination because they were pregnant, or because their employers feared they would become pregnant. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is the agency that receives and investigates claims of pregnancy...
Warning signs of pregnancy discrimination
Fresno employers probably know that discrimination based on pregnancy is unlawful. Unfortunately, this means that some employers who treat pregnant employees differently try to hide their violations.With that in mind, California employees who are expecting need to be...
Review of rights of pregnant employees
There are many women in the Fresno area who work hard to balance both their desire or even need to hold down a full-time job against their desire to have a family.The balancing act is particularly difficult when a woman is actually going through a pregnancy, as it...
Helping you take action against pregnancy discrimination
Female employees fight for equality across the nation. While some strides have been made, the difference is treatment can be obviously seen at times. It is known that all women have the potential to bear children; however, some employees use an employee's pregnancy as...