A housekeeper working for a Rockville apartment complex alleged she was fired after disclosing her pregnancy, even though her doctor had cleared her to work with no restrictions, according to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Two women at a fast-growing government
contractor said they were forced to resign because they were pregnant;
later they were awarded back wages and damages. And an attorney was
offered a job with a small law firm in the District, only to report that
it was rescinded when she told her boss she was expecting.
Nationwide in fiscal 2011, women filed
5,797 complaints with the EEOC alleging pregnancy discrimination at work
or in hiring, a 23 percent increase from fiscal 2005.
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