Employer Pregnancy Discrimination
A pregnant woman is entitled to use medical leave intermittently, including for checkup appointments, morning sickness, or bed rest during pregnancy. Therefore, if an employer refuses to allow a pregnant employee to take days off for these things, this can also be a form of pregnancy discrimination.
An employee is also entitled to take medical leave for birth and baby bonding for up to 12 weeks, and she is entitled to reinstatement to the same or comparable position (in pay, title and hours) following the conclusion of the leave. Sometimes a pregnancy requires an employee to take disability leave. An employer will often hire a temporary replacement during a longer period of leave, and then refuse to reinstate the employee following the conclusion of the pregnancy disability leave. This is another example of discrimination based on pregnancy.
There are additional laws that go hand in hand with medical leave which provides women with additional time to the 12 weeks medical leave laws provide.
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