Class Action Alleges AT&T Mobility Discriminates Against Pregnant Women
Two female former employees of AT&T Mobility complained the company’s attendance policy discriminates against pregnant women, said the American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Project and law firm Cohen Milstein in a Tuesday news release. The women filed a class-action suit…
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Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, it said. They alleged AT&T Mobility’s “no fault” attendance policy, which assigns point-based demerits for late arrivals, early departures or absences, violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Family and the Medical Leave Act. AT&T fired the retail employees after they accrued points for missing work due to pregnancy and child-related care, ACLU and the lawyers said. AT&T is reviewing the complaint, a spokesman said: “We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind.”