What can I do if my employer completely took me off the schedule due to pregnancy restrictions?
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What can I do if my employer completely took me off the schedule due to pregnancy restrictions?
Asked on January 5, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
If the pregnancy restrictions prevent you from doing your job, the employer may take you off schedule completely: the law does not require an employer to employ or pay someone who cannot, for whatever reason, do her job.
If you can still do the job, perhaps simply with a few reasonable modifications to how you do it, however, then this may have been illegal disability (pregnancy is treated as a disability for this purpose) discrimation; if you believe this was the case, you should speak with the federal EEOC or your state equal/civil rights agency about the matter.
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