Some 20% of women reported experiencing workplace discrimination while pregnant, according to one survey conducted last year.
A Dollar General worker in Georgia was allegedly fired 'immediately' after telling her store manager of her pregnancy, according to a lawsuit filed against the discount chain by the federal government.The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based retailer will pay $42,500 to settle the suit filed, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced this week.
'Pregnancy is no reason for an employer to assume an employee cannot work, and employers should be prevented from perpetuating this harmful patriarchal stereotype,' Darrell Graham, district director of the EEOC's Atlanta office, said in a statement announcing the legal action.Dollar General, which operates 19,000 stores across the U.S., did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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