Has anyone else got fired from thier job for being pregnant like me?....?
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As a general rule, If your doctor is saying you need these restriction's for your safety or the baby's they cannot terminate your employment. Also if you are unable to perform your job due to medical restrictions and have short term disability you qualify for that benefit. This link has in simple term's answer's that apply to employment law in New Hampshire with regards to pregnancy. Good luck to you and best wishes with the soon to be.
also if you have been working there a month and they knew of your pregnancy that's another fact in your favor.
Check out Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1965. It can be workplace discrimination. The rule is that as long as you can still do your job you cannot be discriminated against. However, how much of your job is lifting things over 25 lbs? If you cannot fulfill the bulk requirement of your job due to the pregnancy, they can fire you. However, if it is a rarity that you lift things that heavy, then they have no grounds.
What they did is against the law. You should keep on this!
Sounds like you have a lawsuit to me. Thats so wrong it aint funny. Call a lawyer. Unless they made it clear to you when they hired you, that aint right. CALL A LAWYER!
They cannot fire you unless you were grossly negligent in your job. My sister had 4 miscarriages before having my niece and she works as a CNA and they did not have a problem with her lifting restrictions. Most likely they will have something in your file stating that you were not doing your job, negligent, etc to get themselves off the hook. If you have had any write-ups in your file they will use those against you.
AFTER a person has worked at least 90 days at a job, it is required by law that an employer have a reason to fire them. Preganancy is not a reason to fire, and it is considered discrimination if you are fired because of it. However, before 90 days, you are an at will employee, and can be fired at anytime with no cause. Unfortunately, you probably do not have any action to take against this employer.
Prgnany is a temporary condition. What they were supposed to do is place you on light duty until your doctor clears you for work. I would seek the help of an attorney as you may need on to recoup the back pay you will be owed.
lets clear the air and say, they didnt fire you cause you were pregnant. they let you go cause you wouldnt be able to perform your duties.
if the bulk of your job is lifting, then you wouldnt be able to perform your duties.
but if there were other responsibilities that you couldve done till your due date then you might have a case.
i would wait till tomorrow then go to work and ask for a copy of your personale file, then go see a lawyer. if your in NJ I can get you my lawyers number, in which he helped me win my job related case
I was 6 months preg. and got fired for missing to much work yet ever day that i missed was because the doctor put me out and it had not added up to a total of 15 days. I had doctors notes and talked to a lawyer and he told me that its very hard to prove its because your preg. you have to show a patterern and so in other words we just get screwed over. It was VERY hard but Im better off and have a wounderful 6 month old now.
I am currenly 39 weeks pregnant and was fired when I was four months pregnant. I was a manager in a retail store for three and a half years. I worked in the furniture department and housewares and was reuired to lift heavy things as well as climb on ladders. I got a doctors note stating that i could not lift more than twenty lbs. and nostepstool and ladder climbing and that i be aloud to have a light snack and drink every 2-4 hours. they hasseld me all of the time and even though I had a dr.s note they kept writing me up for things i refused to do like lift a fifty lb microwave and said it was insubordination. they refused to give me lighter duties for the length of my pregnancy and eventually they fired me due to insubordination which i did refuse to do what they asked but i was pregnant with a dr. note. I ended up getting unemployment and have now got a pending lawsuit on them. I went to the massachusetts department against discrimination. It is free and my lawyer is taking care of everything for me and am certain to win because it is indeed against the law, at least in my state to fire someone due to pregnancy. they can say that it wasnt pregnancy related at all but if you can prove that it was like with your dr. note than they are in trouble.
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