Maternity Retailer Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/01/09/maternity-retailer-settles-pregnancy-discrimination-suit/

Maternity Retailer Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

by Tula Connell, Jan 9, 2007

Those of us who read the BNA’s Daily Labor Report (DLR) every day get basic facts about recent court settlements involving workers and their employers, contract negotiations and a lot of complex info on pension rules.

Occasionally, we run across an item involving employer behavior so egregious and/or bizarre, it can’t be true. But it is.

Such is the case today, with the DLR (subscription required) reporting that a Philadelphia-based maternity apparel retailer settled a $375,000 federal lawsuit alleging it refused to hire qualified female applicants because they were, well, pregnant.

From DLR:

In a consent judgment approved by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Mothers Work Inc. agrees to pay plaintiff LaShonda Burns $135,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, $50,000 in back pay, and $130,000 for her private attorney’s fees and costs, the EEOC’s Miami office said in a written statement.

FULL story at link.

[TaleWgnDg]

1. How stupid CAN it get? Or, life is to laugh . . . isn't this summin

like the local pro baseball team not allowing entry into the stadium of those who wear baseball caps? Ummmmm. Or who play baseball? Yeah, that's it. ROFL . . . btw, my hats off to those who challenged this too-damn-dumb-policy of the retailer who sold maternity garb but didn't hire pregnant women applicants. All kidding aside.