Okay, let's see who wins this one:
In light of the Supreme Court's imminent decision on the pregnancy
discrimination case against UPS, an Oregon woman has filed a gender
and discrimination lawsuit against her former employer in an effort to
get her job back after they terminated her for taking frequent
bathroom breaks, which she claims was due to a bladder issue and oh
right, her pregnancy.
When Dawn Steckmann, a fabrication technician at Maxim Integrated
Products, a chip manufacturer, first became pregnant in 2011, her
employers reassured her that she didn't have to clock out for her
increased bathroom breaks.
However, when she became pregnant again in 2013, she ended up using
the bathroom more often and more urgently due to a bladder issue that
surfaced during the first pregnancy. So, after 10 years of employment,
the company fired her. Via USA Today:
The Oregonian reports that in June 2013, Steckmann's supervisor and
the HR manager called her into a meeting, chided her for not clocking
out, and fired her. She claims the HR manager said that she could have
been watching movies during her frequent breaks, and that her
supervisor equated her bathroom behavior to stealing because "not
clocking out to use the restroom is stealing from the company."
Steckman is seeking $406,000 in lost wages and damages. She also just
wants her job back.
Source: Gawker.
Hey! If she's gotta go to the bathroom, she's gotta go... I seriously
don't think this job is worth taking back. You shouldn't be in a
hostile work environment.
