COMPANY ZONKED FOR ALLEGED PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION
According to a press release issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Hoyle Enterprises LLC, d/b/a “Lady Luck Steakhouse,” recently agreed to resolve a charge of pregnancy discrimination that had been filed with the agency.
The company apparently denied pregnant workers certain “club night” shifts and fired a pregnant worker (after just a single shift). Such conduct was alleged to violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
In addition to paying monetary damages, the company has agreed to modify its training and employment practices.
In a written statement, Elizabeth M. Cannon, director of EEOC’s Seattle Field Office observed, “Pregnant workers must be afforded the same rights and benefits as non-pregnant workers. Well-intended as some employers may be, placing special conditions or limits on a worker simply because they are pregnant is against the law …. Not only that, but under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which went into effect on June 27, 2023, employers are also required to provide reasonable accommodations to workers who are pregnant, trying to become pregnant, experiencing pregnancy-related medical conditions, or recovering from childbirth, unless it causes an undue hardship.”
Think they had a baby when this charge was filed?
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