Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Settled by Hilton
The Miami office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported last week that it settled a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit that it filed against Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC, an Orlando-based resort company. In that case, an employee who worked as a recruiter was persuaded to resign her job when she became pregnant. According to the complaint that was filed in court, the company had promised to re-hire her after delivering her child. However, Hilton failed to hire her and actually passed her over for several positions when she applied. The consent decree entered by the court requires Hilton to pay $25,000 in monetary damages and also requires the company to conduct training regarding pregnancy discrimination.
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, treating women who have complications with their pregnancy different than other employees with a medical condition is pregnancy discrimination. The law provides that pregnant women and women who come back from maternity leave after giving birth, must be given the same rights as any other employee who incurred a similar medical condition.
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