{"id":566,"date":"2014-03-14T23:49:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T23:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/?p=566"},"modified":"2014-03-14T23:49:32","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T23:49:32","slug":"employment-accommodation-for-women-during-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/employment-accommodation-for-women-during-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment Accommodation for Women During Pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Floralba Fernandez Espinal was not worried about her job\u2014she was worried about her unborn baby. With a history of miscarriage, Ms. Fernandez was now three months pregnant and seeking relief from heavy lifting at her job at Unique Thrift in Kingsbridge. Told by her employer to obtain a note from her doctor, she did just that. Three hours after handing over the note, Ms. Fernandez was placed on unpaid leave.<\/p>\n

Our firm represents workers who experience discrimination in the workplace. For Ms. Fernandez, a request for temporary accommodation during her pregnancy thrust her into the ranks of the unemployed. In New York, the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act<\/a> is intended to protect workers just like Ms. Fernandez.<\/p>\n

In passing the act, the New York City Council found pregnant workers in New York are vulnerable to discrimination. Although it makes common sense to allow a pregnant woman to sit down on the job or avoid heavy lifting, the newly enacted law provides legal protection to workers who suffer discrimination because of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

The act defines reasonable accommodation as actions that could include:<\/p>\n