New York City Passes Law To Protect Pregnant Workers From Discrimination

This lack of protection has led to many difficult, even fatal, experiences for pregnant workers across the country. The National Women’s Law Center and A Better Balance collected some of their stories. A worker named Yvette had her pregnancy end in a miscarriage after her manager refused to let her avoid heavy lifting and “actually responded by giving me more heavy lifting to do,” she says. Another named Svetlana Arizanovska also lost her baby after being made to lift heavy merchandise at Walmart despite the company’s initial agreement to put her on light duty. Reyna García has sued the grocery store where she works, claiming that its failure to accommodate her pregnancy led to the death of her baby.