Our Blog: Pregnancy Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate

We are excited to report that on July 6, 2019, Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer entered a judgment in favor of Case Law Firm client, Jessica Hernandez, and awarded her nearly $230,000 in damages stemming from her pregnancy discrimination claims against her former employer, the Katz Law Office.

To read more about the case and the Court’s decision to enter a judgment in …

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Given the horrible decision we reported on a couple of weeks ago, in which a district court shockingly ruled that termination because of menstruation was not unlawful discrimination, we thought it would be nice to report on a court that is getting things right.  A little antidote to the negative on this sunny Friday morning.  Specifically, the 11th Circuit Court …

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A Supreme Court Victory for Pregnant Employees 

We have been watching the case of Young v. UPS for some time now.  UPS refused to provide its pregnant employees who had physically demanding jobs with light duty work.  The Plaintiff in this case was a delivery driver and was required to lift up to 70 pounds.  When she became pregnant, her doctor told …

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Yesterday was International Women’s Day which was created to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality.

Women in the United States have a lot of achievements to celebrate–certainly more so than many other countries.  That being said, the United States still has a ways to go with respect to women’s rights and that is most apparent in the employment …

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On January 1, 2015, the new Illinois Pregnancy Accommodation Act went into effect and gives Illinois employees a wealth of fantastic protections.

It’s an important law and a hard-fought victory for the groups, including Women Employed, who lobbied for its passage.  The Act, which amends the Illinois Human Rights Act, provides greater protections for pregnant women than the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act …

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