A New York Times investigation identified dozens of women who said they suffered miscarriages or went into premature labor after their employers rejected their pleas to be assigned lighter duty — a break from lugging large boxes and pushing loaded cartshttps://nyti.ms/2EArc6c
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Tasha Murrell’s husband keeps the ultrasound from the pregnancy she lost in his wallet. The image has become deeply creased over the years. https://nyti.ms/2EArc6c pic.twitter.com/v0V8stBBRY
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Refusing to accommodate pregnant women is often completely legal. The only federal law protecting expecting mothers is the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which says companies that don’t give anyone a break have no obligation to do so for pregnant women. https://nyti.ms/2EArc6c pic.twitter.com/CYQNnbaUQh
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At a grocery store in California, a pregnant worker lost her baby after her boss ignored a doctor’s note advising lighter duties. And at a warehouse in Tennessee, 6 women have had miscarriages after being denied pregnancy accommodations. https://nyti.ms/2EArc6c pic.twitter.com/EIzmpJ1j3V
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In response to our reporting, Verizon says it is "deeply troubled" and is looking into the treatment of pregnant workers at the XPO Logistics warehouse that provides cellphones, tablets, etc. to customers on the East Coast of the U.S.https://nyti.ms/2EArc6c
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Take a look back at our first article in this series on pregnancy discrimination. Here we explained how widespread pregnancy discrimination is throughout corporate America, from Walmart to Wall Street.https://nyti.ms/2EEDmL6
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If only we valued the lives of unborn children more as a society
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Newsflash: Businesses do not exist so that I can have a job to fit my physical requirements and get paid enough to finance my lifestyle choices. They exist to turn the best profit possible while competing with other businesses for the best employees. It's about market forces.
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You have no idea what businesses can & can’t afford and who gave you the right to make that determination? I suppose they can also “afford” to give employees 16 weeks of vaca & a pension for life? Businesses compete for good employees and will add the necessary perks to do so.
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Who are you to dictate what private businesses can afford? I’m not against the idea of pregnancy leave. If I owned a business, I’d certainly do everything in my power to offer it. Most businesses do. I just don’t think that should be in the purview of government. It’s overreach.
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As an employee, I can decide if I’m being taken advantage of or not. The federal government is not Constitutionally authorized to wield such power over private industry. There is enough competition for good employees out there for many companies to get away with bad practices.
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That's totally insane and this is the problem of today's market that they are very much demanding and. Being women in itself is a biggest job ever. The state should take more steps in order to feel them better at work place and to assure that they get a job
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"Being a woman itself is the biggest job ever?" There are like 4 billion women in the world. It's not an accomplishment.
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I punched the wall of a shower screaming having a miscarriage. My wrist has never healed.
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But please GOP, keep trying to make birth control and healthcare harder to get, while empowering uncaring corporations. Women aren’t people or anything.
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