Police officer claims she was unfairly denied light-duty work Many women fear telling their employers that they’re pregnant. They may worry that they’ll be treated differently, or even that they’ll be driven off the job. Case in point: Jennifer Panattoni, a senior patrol officer and 14-year veteran of a local […]
Category: Pregnancy Discrimination
What federal law says about expressing breastmilk during the workday If you’re going back to work after having a baby, you may be wondering how you’re going to handle expressing breastmilk during the workday. Where will you do it? Will your employer give you a hard time about it? If […]
Federal law offers some protection for expressing breastmilk As a father of four small children, I have a lot of empathy for nursing mothers who plan to return to work. In fact, I’ve seen my wife tackle this challenge four times. Thankfully, her employer has always been supportive of her […]
What the law says about pregnant workers in safety-sensitive positions For some women, becoming pregnant puts their jobs into new perspective. Woman with physically demanding jobs, or those who work in safety-sensitive positions, may wonder how long they can safely perform their job duties. However, in some cases, those women […]
Department wouldn’t let women work light duty, even though others could When police officer Lyndi Trischler got pregnant with her second child, she assumed she’d request light-duty and finish out her pregnancy in a desk job, just like she did with her first child. Unfortunately, that assumption was incorrect. It […]