Pregnancy Discrimination

Police Department Settles with Two Female Police Officers in Pregnancy Discrimination Case

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Harassment, Retaliation, Workplace Discrimination
Our sources report that two female police officers won a pregnancy discrimination case in federal court alleging that the city’s policy toward pregnant women violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (“PDA”) and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”). The policy did not allow pregnant women t...

Pre and Post Pregnancy Discrimination by Frontier Airlines Exemplifies Industry’s Propensity for Employment Discrimination Lawsuits

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Retaliation, Workplace Discrimination
Earlier in May, four female commercial airline pilots for Frontier Airline filed discrimination complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). Their main allegation is that the airline discriminates against them and other female pilots by not providing “reasonable accommodation” for their...

This Week Pregnancy Discrimination Strikes Again and More

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Retaliation, Workplace Discrimination
In a recently filed case, a California court saw an office assistant claiming that she was discriminated against due to her pregnancy and ultimately wrongfully terminated in retaliation.  The Plaintiff filed the lawsuit against both her staffing agency, Williams Lea, Inc., and the client law firm Arnold & Porter, ...