All posts tagged "pregnancy discrimination"
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2.4KIssuesTwo studies find significant impact of workplace pregnancy discrimination on moms and babies
Roughly 85% of women in the workforce will experience pregnancy during their careers, and several thousand each year are impacted by pregnancy discrimination,...
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1.4KInternationalBritish aristocrat loses pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by two employees
British aristocrat Sir Benjamin Slade has been ordered by a judge to pay two former employees for pregnancy discrimination after he denied...
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4.9KMediaSNL actress claims in ‘clown abortion’ skit: ‘I wouldn’t be… on TV here today’ without abortion
This weekend, Saturday Night Live (SNL) cast member Cecily Strong appeared in a skit during the show’s “Weekend Update” segment, defending abortion...
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2.9KAnalysisDC assistant police chief says she was once told to ‘have an abortion or be fired’
A Black woman participating in a $100 million class-action lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, D.C., for alleged discrimination...
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8.3KGuest ColumnFemale athletes say they faced pressure to abort: ‘It seemed like no choice at all’
(Right to Life UK) Sanya Richards-Ross, a former Olympic track and field athlete, has spoken out about being pressured into an abortion....
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9.8KHuman Rights
Elite athletes pressured to abort their children: ‘I made a decision that broke me’
For many athletes, getting a shot at the Olympics is the experience they work for their entire lives. Yet for women, it...
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3.8KHuman RightsFormer Amazon employee blames denial of pregnancy accommodations for miscarriage
A former California Amazon warehouse worker is accusing the sales giant of being complicit in causing her miscarriage. The former employee claims...
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1.9KHuman InterestUK woman awarded £300,000 after being fired for pregnancy
A woman in the UK has been awarded nearly £300,000 in compensation by a tribunal after being fired from her job for becoming pregnant....
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Settlement reached in UPS pregnancy discrimination case
UPS has reached a settlement with Peggy Young, a former employee laid off in 2006 due to her pregnancy. Young, a truck...
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2.2K110Human RightsWaffle House allegedly tells pregnant woman she has enough kids, fires her
A lawsuit filed in Dallas last week alleges that the popular Southern restaurant Waffle House fired a manager-in-training because she was pregnant...
