Comments on: Q&A: Termination for Getting Pregnant is Illegal http://www.calemployeerightsblog.com/2007/01/03/termination-for-getting-pregnant-is-illegal/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tehmina Mazher http://www.calemployeerightsblog.com/2007/01/03/termination-for-getting-pregnant-is-illegal/#comment-21089 Tehmina Mazher Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:15:26 +0000 http://www.calemployeerightsblog.com/2007/01/03/terminated-for-getting-pregnant/#comment-21089 Good Information. Good Information.

]]> By: James Peters http://www.calemployeerightsblog.com/2007/01/03/termination-for-getting-pregnant-is-illegal/#comment-10477 James Peters Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:18:43 +0000 http://www.calemployeerightsblog.com/2007/01/03/terminated-for-getting-pregnant/#comment-10477 While it depends on many facts and circumstances surrounding your wife's employment, 9 times out of 10 this would be an actionable (and good) case if your wife is pregnant and is terminated as a direct or indirect result of that fact. However, there may be an issue of retaliation for requests for less travel while "trying" to get pregnant (as opposed to while actually being pregnant). I don't believe there is any case law specifically dealing with discriminating against an employee who is trying to get pregnant, except if time off is needed for artificial insemination, etc. Please contact me directly if you have any further questions about your situation. While it depends on many facts and circumstances surrounding your wife’s employment, 9 times out of 10 this would be an actionable (and good) case if your wife is pregnant and is terminated as a direct or indirect result of that fact.

However, there may be an issue of retaliation for requests for less travel while “trying” to get pregnant (as opposed to while actually being pregnant). I don’t believe there is any case law specifically dealing with discriminating against an employee who is trying to get pregnant, except if time off is needed for artificial insemination, etc.

Please contact me directly if you have any further questions about your situation.

]]> By: LaLawGuy http://www.calemployeerightsblog.com/2007/01/03/termination-for-getting-pregnant-is-illegal/#comment-10322 LaLawGuy Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:57:55 +0000 http://www.calemployeerightsblog.com/2007/01/03/terminated-for-getting-pregnant/#comment-10322 My wife and I are discussing having a baby. However, her boss requires her to travel quite extensively, and she is concerned that all of this travel will be bad for her and/or the baby while she is pregnant. There are other people at her office who could travel instead of her, but her boss states that she because she is more qualified than anyone else, she should be the one to do the traveling. We are concerned that if she even tells her boss that she wants to ease up on the traveling so she can try to get pregnant, he will fire her. If that happened, would that termination be actionable? My wife and I are discussing having a baby. However, her boss requires her to travel quite extensively, and she is concerned that all of this travel will be bad for her and/or the baby while she is pregnant. There are other people at her office who could travel instead of her, but her boss states that she because she is more qualified than anyone else, she should be the one to do the traveling.

We are concerned that if she even tells her boss that she wants to ease up on the traveling so she can try to get pregnant, he will fire her. If that happened, would that termination be actionable?

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