Work: December 2007 Archives

An attorney sent me this information yesterday about a bus driver in Santa Monica who claims she was fired because she revealed her pregnancy. The jury agreed. Here are the details:

In 2005, Wynonna Harris was working as a driver for the City of Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus line. Two days after she gave her superior a doctor’s note indicating that she was pregnant, she was fired. A jury awarded her $178,000; the judge raised that to almost 600,000 this fall. “A lot of people think that if they are pregnant and their employer terminates them, it’s OK,’’ said Michael Nourmand, the plaintiff’s attorney. “I want [pregnant] women to know that they have rights.’’

MomsRising has more information on women's rights with respect to pregnancy and motherhood.