PREGNANCY RIGHTS

Pregnant employees are specifically protected by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has a helpful factsheet on this law accessible here.

Unfortunately, despite the protection of law, pregnant women (as well as new mothers) are subject to significant levels of discrimination in the workplace.  Discrimination can take direct forms, such as comments by supervisors that a woman is not doing her work because she is "emotional" or "preoccupied."  However, discrimination often takes subtler forms.  A woman may be given less demanding or less prestigious work when her employer learns that she is pregnant.  She may be left out of meetings or see credit given to her colleagues for her work successes.

Pregnancy discrimination can be particularly devastating because it necessarily occurs at a time that should be an enjoyable period in a person's life.  While the law allows victims of discrimination to recover damages, it cannot undue the months of unnecessary stress. 

In addition the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, other statutes such as the Family Medical Leave Act and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination may offer protections to pregnant women in certain circumstances.  If you would like to discuss what laws may apply to your particular situation, you should contact and Employee Rights Attorney in your state.

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