By Samantha McLane In these times of scientific and technological progression, international commerce, globalization, internet communication, multiculturalism, and other important achievements that have provided us with “better living conditions”, health services seem to be heading to medieval times when I read the kind of news which follows. In its battle to leave the country with [...]
Archive for the ‘Pregnancy Discrimination’ Category
Democrats Stall on Birth Control Coverage for Women
Michigan women with health insurance can find themselves paying up to $65 a month for a prescription to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Meanwhile, their insured male counterparts can pick up a free prescription for Viagra. Alexa Stanard writes: Michigan is one of 23 states that doesn’t require insurance companies to cover birth control pills. However, [...]
“My reproductive rights got in the way of the mission”: Krista Errickson
Krista Errickson has refused to be a mere addition to the ever growing statistics related to pregnancy discrimination at American workplace. Instead, she has filed a lawsuit against her former employer Faye Wattleton. Ironically, Wattleton represents a non-profit working in the sphere of women’s rights, Center for the Advancement of Women. Jack Tuckner, who represents [...]
Pregnancy, Your Weight, and Your Job
Very informative, and authoritative. Deborah Kotz writes about Pregnancy, Your Weight, and Your Job on US News Are you planning to get pregnant in the near future? How would I have responded if my prospective boss had asked me this some 13 years ago during a job interview for a medical journal? I did, in [...]
MSNBC’s Morning Joe is Disgusting
Not really strange that Morning Joe found the pregnant transgender man “disgusting”. What is more bothersome is that the anchors were visibly so upset at the news and so absolutely unbelievably shocked that one must cease to wonder why the country is truly headed in wrong direction (81% of Americans believe so, according to latest [...]
Pregnant women filing more bias issues
Complaints surged 14% last year; up 40% over decade SUE SHELLENBARGER Wall Street Journal A spike to record levels in pregnancy-discrimination complaints to regulators suggests more women are speaking up about suspected workplace bias. Pregnancy-bias complaints recorded by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission surged 14 percent last year to 5,587, up 40 percent from a [...]
A Victory for Working Mothers
By Erin Kodilanen A new labor law states that as of August 15, 2007 nursing mothers may express breast milk at work. This allows pumping, not breast feeding your child at work, up to, but not exceeding three years after the child’s birth. Article 206-c of the New York State labor law states: “206-c. Right [...]
Pregnant Pause? Six Tips to Take Control
By Maya Opendak The recent MarketWatch article provides a much-needed reminder of the difficulties that women face in the workplace as a direct result of the simple physiology that distinguishes us from our male colleagues. The article describes a rise on pregnancy related discrimination amid drops in racial and sexual harassment and suggests mostly formal [...]
A Victory for Working Moms in NY
The New York State Legislature recently passed a bill requiring employers to allow “nursing moms to express breast milk†while at work. What’s more, the bill, awaiting a signature from Governor Eliott Spitzer, will also require employers to make reasonable efforts to provide a private space for women to pump. The passage of the bill [...]
“Boss, I’m pregnant!”
Planning your maternity leave? Here are 10 ways to protect your rights at work, before and after your baby’s birth. FAMILY PHYSICIAN Nicolle Overstreet, D.O., was fired on Oct. 10, 2007, nine days after she told the owner of the medical practice that she was pregnant. “I was stunned,” says Overstreet. She knew her boss’s [...]