Posted on January 31, 2016 by Leiza Dolghih
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently joined the Second, Sixth, and Tenth Circuits in holding that where an employer shows that it had legitimate non-discriminatory reasons for firing a pregnant employee (e.g., non-performance), a mere fact that the employee was fired shortly after…
Category: EEOC, Employment Discrimination, Law, Pregnancy Discrimination, Sex / Gender Discrimination, Texas Employment Law, Texas Legal NewsTags: accommodating pregnant workers, Dallas employment attorney, fired for being pregnant, gender discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, pregnancy discrimination in Texas, pregnant worker rights, working while pregnant, Wrongful Termination
Posted on May 11, 2015 by Leiza Dolghih
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Many businesses routinely face the question of what to do when a nursing employee asks that she be allowed to take a break to express milk at work and that she be allowed to do so in a private space? Does an employer have…
Category: Fair Labor Standards Act, Pregnancy Discrimination, Sex / Gender Discrimination, Texas Employment Law, Texas Legal NewsTags: Break Time for Nursing Mothers, Breastfeeding at Work, Employment Laws for Small Business Owners, fair labor standards act, Lactation Accommodation, Nursing at Work, nursing break time, Pregnancy Accommodation, Pregnancy at Work, Pregnancy Discrimination, pregnant employee rights, Pumping at Work, Sex Discrimination
Posted on March 27, 2015 by Leiza Dolghih
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This week, the United States Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling in Young v. UPS addressing how employers should treat pregnant employees under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination based on pregnancy and states that employers must treat pregnant women at work the same…
Category: Employment Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Texas Employment LawTags: ADA and Pregnancy Discrimination, Americans with Disabilities Act, Light duty restrictions, Medical leave due to pregnancy, pregnancy accommodations, pregnancy disability, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, pregnancy leave policy, pregnancy policy, pregnant at work, pregnant employee rights, pregnant employees, Sexual Discrimination, Young v. UPS
Posted on June 11, 2013 by Leiza Dolghih
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Seems like a no-brainer, right? Well, a Texas District Court judge did not think so, so the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had to step in and set him straight in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Houston Funding II, Ltd. Back in February 2012, a…
Category: Employment Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Texas Employment Law, Texas Legal News, Wrongful TerminationTags: Breast Feeding at Work, breast feeding protection in Texas, Dallas business lawyer, Dallas business litigation attorney, EEOC, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Houston Funding II Ltd., fair labor standards act, Labor and Employment Law, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pregnancy at Work, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Russian lawyer in Texas, Texas Health Code, Title VII
