Pregnancy Discrimination may occur when an employer treats a worker unfairly because of pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or a related medical condition. It can affect hiring, work assignments, scheduling, evaluations, promotions, leave, and continued employment.

Common examples may include reducing an employee’s responsibilities after learning about the pregnancy, denying reasonable work restrictions, making negative comments about maternity leave, passing the employee over for a promotion, pressuring the employee to take leave, or terminating the employee shortly before or after requesting an accommodation.

California employees may have rights to reasonable workplace accommodations, pregnancy disability leave, and, when eligible, separate job-protected leave to bond with a new child. Employers with five or more employees must provide up to four months of pregnancy disability leave when an employee is disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.

Smith Law helps California employees understand whether they were denied pregnancy-related rights or treated differently because of pregnancy or childbirth.

Your career should not be placed at risk because you are pregnant or starting a family. Contact Smith Law to learn more about your rights.