The firing illegally cancelled her health insurance even though she had worked more than the amount of hours necessary to earn the insurance benefits.
I forget the details...its been 13 years...but that was one of the more open-and-shut points our attorney used to easily force a settlement.
You do know there are federal employment laws that make it illegal to fire women just for being pregnant, don't you?
Also, there was no documented reason why they were firing her...her work record was spotless and in fact, she was the new store trainer for her position due to her hard work and skill.
One of the more egregious things I remember was the manager actually called her and told her, while she was in the hospital no less, that they would rehire her after my daughter was born, even thought they just cancelled her insurance and left us both in a huge financial bind and put her health and her baby's health is serious risk.
Do you really think that women should be fired and have their health insurance cancelled for no reason besides being pregnant?
No I don't think that. I think US employment practises are downright disgusting and that Americans should not put up with it. I've always been told there's no recourse with the at-will employment system so I was interested to hear more about this case of yours and what that recourse was.
I forget the details...its been 13 years...but that was one of the more open-and-shut points our attorney used to easily force a settlement.
You do know there are federal employment laws that make it illegal to fire women just for being pregnant, don't you?
Also, there was no documented reason why they were firing her...her work record was spotless and in fact, she was the new store trainer for her position due to her hard work and skill.
One of the more egregious things I remember was the manager actually called her and told her, while she was in the hospital no less, that they would rehire her after my daughter was born, even thought they just cancelled her insurance and left us both in a huge financial bind and put her health and her baby's health is serious risk.
Do you really think that women should be fired and have their health insurance cancelled for no reason besides being pregnant?
If so, that is truly disgusting.