An Indiana federal court found that an employee’s remarks to her supervisor at a holiday party that she wanted to start a family would entitle her to protection under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The intention to become pregnant places an employee in a protected class. However, the court found that the company had a legitimate reason for firing the plaintiff due to poor performance. The employee had received below average individual and team performance reviews, poor sales reports, and had made personal charges on her company credit card, in violation of policy. As a result of good documentation, the company was successfully able to defend the discrimination case as well as related retaliation claims. [Batchelor v. Merck & Co. N.D. Ind.]
July 15, 2009
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