I’m wondering if anyone has insight into how the company is handling layoffs, particularly when it comes to pregnant employees. Has anyone heard anything or know how layoffs might affect employees who are pregnant or planning to go on maternity leave?
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Pregnancy is not part of the equation. It's makes you no more or less likely to make the list. It's illegal to target you because you are pregnant but that is very unlikely.
Contact an employment attorney and a large firm like Morgan & Morgan.
@nj Hogwash! She most definitely can claim discrimination. Quit lying.
You can’t claim discrimination if they let you go or cut the job position. Best you can do is hang on. It’s rly what everyone else is doing. I’m also pregnant. I get the worry but nothing is ever safe at Cigna. Especially in the 4th quarter. Gotta tighten up the books for the new year after all.
Happens all the time. It's almost impossible to claim discrimination. Otherwise a lot of companies would be paying out on law suits for agism. That's why more women are waiting until later in their pregnancies to inform HR or a manager.
I know of someone who was laid off when pregnant. Nothing you can do about it because a layoff is done in a way where it is very easy for company to prove that the job it was eliminated and not retaliation for the pregnancy. So if you’re pregnant, take your maternity leave. If you get laid off, you get laid off.