Re: firing a pregnant woman

In Reply to: firing a pregnant woman posted by Sherry Rooney, Office Manager on June 30, 1999 at 18:44:08:

Be prepared to spend $40,000.00 by order of the Human Rights Commission. But in a year - it will not hurt that bad. And you can make installment payments.

I know. I am a Controller for a Virgina Mason Hospital.

When I came on I was told about the installment payments I would be making to a former Director of Human Resources:

She had the child, and then brought the child to work
and cared for him in her office. The girls in the business office complained and pressured her termination.

She went directly to the Human Rights Commission.

The Human Rights Commission ruled that she was discriminated because of her gender...

Now you have made reference to her gender... via pregnancy

If you fire her now... she will win outright.

All these other honest reasons will be deemed excuses
by the HRC - exuses that they hear all the time.

You see, in this case - there was no office discrimination based on the ratio of males to females..

So the motherhood angle was used for the award of the
sexual discrimation suit that was awarded very quickly.

DO NOT make absences from work to take care of the
child as a reason. Even if that is the case.... you
qualified more than you needed to and the HRC will jump on it.

And ignore you.

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: Be prepared to spend $40,000.00 by order of the Human Rights Commission. But in a year - it will not hurt that bad. And you can make installment payments.

: I know. I am a Controller for a Virgina Mason Hospital.

: When I came on I was told about the installment payments I would be making to a former Director of Human Resources:

: She had the child, and then brought the child to work
: and cared for him in her office. The girls in the business office complained and pressured her termination.

: She went directly to the Human Rights Commission.

: The Human Rights Commission ruled that she was discriminated because of her gender...

: Now you have made reference to her gender... via pregnancy

: If you fire her now... she will win outright.

: All these other honest reasons will be deemed excuses
: by the HRC - exuses that they hear all the time.

: You see, in this case - there was no office discrimination based on the ratio of males to females..

: So the motherhood angle was used for the award of the
: sexual discrimation suit that was awarded very quickly.

: DO NOT make absences from work to take care of the
: child as a reason. Even if that is the case.... you
: qualified more than you needed to and the HRC will jump on it.

: And ignore you.