Real Story of Pregnancy Discrimination
Five months after she began working as a waitress, Marie learned that she was pregnant. She promptly informed her employer. Several months later, she told her employer that she was planning to continue work until the end of that month. The restaurant manager told her that she would be laid off at the end of the month. Marie filed a claim with the Maine Human Rights Commission. Ultimately, she brought a lawsuit against her former employer alleging discrimination based on sex. The court found that the fact that Marie would eventually leave work due to her pregnancy is not a legitimate reason to discharge her, even when she had told her employer of her plans to leave. However, her employer presented evidence that she had been laid off, because she had provided inferior service to customers. The court ruled in favor of the restaurant. Tiemann v. Santarelli Enterprises, Inc., 486 A.2d 126 (Maine 1984)
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