Pregnant and working? You have to know this rule!

[@rhondasherrill8788]

Most places in the US view sitting as "unprofessional" like WTF?? Seriously. Business executives and many other careers SIT at thier job. Are THEY unprofessional?? No

[@petergould9174]

You almost had it.
It’s most Americans view sitting as a privilege for professionals. Low wage workers have not earned the right to sit while working.

[@rhondasherrill8788]

@@petergould9174 that's not what I've been told. I've had several jobs that could be done just as efficiently sitting as standing. The reason I'm told we can't sit... It looks unprofessional.

[@knighthawk3749]

@@petergould9174 Why can't a pharmacist sit down?

[@annana6098]

The stupid justification for the no-sitting rule is that if you allow people to sit, they will desire to keep sitting even when they should get up and move to do their job--the way your parents or grandparents will sit down, and then call you from across the house to give them the remote, because they don't want to get up to even cross the room. Yeah sometimes people are lazy, sometimes they're just exhausted from standing all day and they'd be much more energetic if you'd stop being a jerk and let them sit when they can work while sitting. Sometimes they have injuries in their joints, bones, and tissues from standing all damn day when they don't have to. My feet, my knees, my hips, and my varicose veins would like a word with the boomers who think sitting looks lazy.

[@Triss_Joy]

“Unprofessional” aka you look lazy. So ridiculous.

[@Oliviaandtrina]

It's bad enough that she was pregnant working 2 full time jobs. What a sad state America is in. And what is the obsession with making people stand at work?! So weird.

[@JustARoamer]

For real. Like, if yiur a cashier it's not necessary. Even if you're cleaning you can scootch around on something

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

As far as working or being pregnant, those are both choices.
I didn't get free handouts for my choices.

[@dylanadams9465]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 I don't know if you know this but pregnancy is pretty important to our continued existence as a species

[@BlackCrossCrusader]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 A request for a stool in order to continue to work isn't a free handout. Sounds like you're bitter and arguing from a cynical position.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@BlackCrossCrusaderI wasn't talking about the stool. I was referring to the fact that other nations think the government should have to pay pregnant women so they don't have to work.
I guess you aren't educated enough to realize that.

[@KaityKat117]

Just goes to show corporations would rather get sued than treat employees like human beings.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

It's weird that everyone wants to blame corporate. The problems I've seen has nothing to do with corporate.
Managers do questionable things all the time.

[@Lilitha11]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 That is true, and some times corporation have rules against it and managers do it anyway. Though to be fair, a lot of time corporations pressure managers to be jerks too, so you never know.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@Lilitha11 what happened to me is that when corporate found out what happened I got my job back. I'm so glad the gm wasn't the owner of a small business.

[@WaterMan416]

​@@johnclaybaugh9536not everything is about you. Just because your issues were with a specific manager doesn't mean that other people haven't had issues that come down from corporate. Employees not having stools is often a policy that comes from the top.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@WaterMan416 and yet when it's the law it's up to the manager to speak up. A lot of stuff isn't even in the handbook, because the handbook was written in 1983.

[@limerence8365]

Yesterday it finally happened, I saw an employee in my work in a wheelchair. Our cafeteria, lockerroom etc is on the third floor. We have no elevator. I don't know how she manages.
Update: I overheard some other coworkers talking about her and she doesn't use a wheelchair usually which explains why she can cope but these coworkers were saying using the wheelchair was a bit over-dramatic so that explains the state of the perception of people with disabilities here. Even though no one here is full time wheelchair user there's at least half a dozen people I've met on the back stairs using them expressly because they're slow to climb them and don't want to inconvenience people. Oh there is an elevator I've discovered, it's a goods elevator and it's like a meter high.

[@nylonsghost7938]

She might be an ambulatory user but still,,, is someone carrying that wheelchair up 3 flights for her cause damn

[@CharlotteStockton]

Time to consult with an attorney,

[@dudewhatthewhat8983]

“You’re using a wheelchair. Isn’t that a bit over-dramatic?”
Honey acting over dramatic is me refusing to use it and fighting like a mountain climber just cause I’m moving from my desk to the cafeteria. Would you rather I laid down on my stomach and dragged myself across the floor?

[@amyharth5446]

I got so many bizarre reactions to needing a wheelchair temporarily for an injury in high school. The one that blew my mind were the people who were mad at me for “wasting their sympathy” when they learned it was a temporary and not permanent injury. I didn’t ask for sympathy!

[@CaseyAvalon]

At the grocery store a cashier had a stool and I was so glad because she could rest there when needed, and she's older. Have a great day!

[@DavidLeeKersey]

The US is fucking stupid when it comes to standing at work. In Europe and the UK almost every cashier is sitting while working. And most EU countries have some kind of "right to sit" law.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

And she's older? Why should that matter? I suppose ageism us great when it works to someone's advantage. I know someone in her 30s with two knee replacements.

[@galonEagle]

​@@johnclaybaugh9536 You sir, are prime internet.

[@Hurrrdurrrrrrr]

​@@johnclaybaugh9536no one is saying that only older people are disabled. All disabilities should be accommodated so the person can function.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@Hurrrdurrrrrrr if her being older wasn't a factor in the thought process it wouldn't have been mentioned. And being old isn't a disability. If it were, old men would sit down go preach every time.

[@Davidesrajohn]

The US are literally a dystopian hellscape when it comes to worker's rights. As a European, your channel is basically like a horrifying glimpse into an alternative reality.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

And yet in the past year of watching propaganda no one has described a better place for me to live than the American city where i am.

[@ihateallyall]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 I live in America, Nor Cal specifically, and I do love it here. I am a conservative and respect the freedom
we have here, and don’t want to live in another country, BUT, we have a loooot to work on. you could sit there and bitch that you live in a good city and everything there is perfect, but that doesn’t mean the entire country is. there’s a lot of improvements to be made.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@ihateallyall what the f--- are you going on about? I never said anything was perfect. Your comment doesn't make sense.

[@lathyrusloon]

It's hard to be on your feet all day regardless. I can't imagine how much harder it would be for someone pregnant

[@Red-in-Green]

From what I understand, America is the only place where cashiers (a job in which you stay more or less stationary for potentially hours) never get chairs. America has a freakish obsession with work.

[@charmedleblanc]

Yeah this is a weird country ( that's my nice opinion) 😢.

[@UMAIRUCHAN]

It’s not really an obsession with work but rather ask obsession with control and people’s privileges. There are other countries like Japan and South Korea who have a real obsession with working. In the US, they would rather fire you than give you a stool to sit on, they would rather fire you than give you more sick time, fire you rather than give you a raise, and the list goes on.

[@metalman6708]

Japan

[@cherriberri8373]

​@@UMAIRUCHANexactly, its a conteol issue. And when you control nothing in your life due to capitalism, you'll find something in your life to control! (Implying abusive parents connected to the whole societal idea about control and authority)

[@EdgyShooter]

In the UK, some high end department stores don't have chairs for staff (unless you have a condition that requires one) but they balanced that by having additional paid breaks built in

[@Lukos0036]

It astounds me the effort they go through to be assholes. It would be easier for them to just give people some place to sit. But for some reason they seem actively hostile to their labor. That's a dumb way to run a company and executives need to undergo empathy training and proper business classes.

[@FallingStary]

​@@ifbfmto9338 then thats reasonable to fire. Its the unreasonable expectation employer's place.
If an employee is in the wrong by the standards agreed upon then fire them. Thats the difference

[@Lukos0036]

@@ifbfmto9338 Which they wouldn't need to do if their jobs treated them like human beings and not vending machines made to print money for management.

[@Lukos0036]

@@ifbfmto9338 A business isn't a business if no one will work for it or shop there. You're not cool and edgy, you just sound like an asshole. Fuck off.

[@ihateallyall]

@@ifbfmto9338 so a business should punish all employees because a few might call out with an excuse? that literally makes no sense please do society a favor and never try to start a business with employees jesus christ

[@0Asterite0]

​@@ifbfmto9338 butwhatabout

[@eatwhatukiii2532]

If a pregnant woman is having to work two jobs, let alone two FULL TIME jobs you know she’s in dire straights and really needs the jobs (father of the child is either absent, refusing to work, or CAN’T work due to disability), so you have to be a complete evil scum to fire her. I’ve had pregnant women working for me and I made every accommodation I could, including providing comfortable stools, whatever days off they needed for doctor appointments, shorter work shifts if they wanted, and not allowing them to do unsafe things like climb stepladders or lift heavy merchandise. It put no strain on the business, so THOSE employers who fired her are just j🤬ks.

[@dirtyharry9922]

I worked in a company that when a request for a seat to sit down they deliberately stated that "THE SEAT SHOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE AS TO PROLONG SITTING"
Yes, the joy of working low wage with low mental managers...

[@CharlotteStockton]

Get a copy of that and use when necessary.

[@cherriberri8373]

I mean shit yeah they dont need to go out and buy like 50 dollar stools but to actively attempt to get worse ones? How can you do that and sleep at night. Fucking subhuman pigs

[@Matt_Barnes]

This is why the United States is not the greatest country in the world. A woman, single or otherwise, with no children should be able to live off of the minimum wage. She doesn't have a dependent yet, thus falls exactly into the category of workers that the federal minimum wage was meant to apply to: single people without dependents. The minimum wage was meant to be sufficient enough to allow someone who meets those criteria to feed and house themselves and themselves alone. The fact she has to work 75-85 hours a week just to get by is an infuriating indictment of how this country and its politicians have come to think about and treat working class Americans.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

It used to be sufficient. But it's not anymore. That's the one thing I can say I don't have to worry about.
Meanwhile, considering my age, had I grown up in Germany, I would have been forced into the military. People forget how long its been since the US used a draft.

[@hellowilson5335]

Pretty much no one in American and get by with one job and no side hustle of some form.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@hellowilson5335 and it seems to be getting worse in most areas. It's one of my few complaints about the US.
I'm actually set, due to being a veteran with a disability. My ex and I both worked and had good insurance when our kids were growing up. But this nonsense of a single person needing to work two full time jobs in order to live without relying on government programs is getting ridiculous.

[@jenniferw5095]

Wow. Two F/T jobs. I hope she got a massive settlement

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

Enough to bankrupt that employer too.

[@emmib1388]

and working two jobs while pregnant is probably why she could not perform it to the best of her ability

[@hawkeyescoffee6399]

Ah, yes, but stools are a slippery slope to anarchy...or something /sarc

[@jackforshaw4439]

Stools could slip on greasy kitchen floors like the ones in fast food restaurants. If she slips and has a miscarriage who's fault would that be? Hers for requesting a stool, the state for requiring it? Certainly not the company as its a legal requirement. What if someone trips over the stool because she left it in a dangerous place? The person suffers 3rd degree oil burns to their hands, arms, face, and chest. 6 months in ICU, years of physical therapy, and permanent disfigurement. Who pays for the hospital bills, loss of earnings, emotional trauma and lifelong disability? If there's a role where she can be segregated on her stool such as the drive through window then that's fine, but I'm not going to put my other employees at risk for 1nperson, that's unreasonable.

[@forgenorman3025]

​@@jackforshaw4439Your wild imagination is not a good reason to violate the law.

[@abigaylegeisel]

​@@jackforshaw4439 I doubt they would be setting it in the middle of the kitchen... part of the accommodation could have been working the register or drive thru so she could sit occasionally

[@misterid1075]

@@jackforshaw4439 With all that wild speculation and terror over a hypothetical you must be a Republican.

[@skinnypete3104]

I hope she makes enough off this lawsuit to enjoy some well deserved time off

[@MultiNKnight]

That woman is an absolute warrior. 2 jobs while pregnant! God bless her. My mother did the same.

[@melpot4296]

I had this problem when i worked at a warehouse while pregnant. It was SO hot, all we were doing was standing at a TABLE doing threadwork. There were fans and chairs around. All i wanted was to be able to have one of the fans pointed at me, and a chair to sit in. Since we were at tables. And that was too much to ask and i got put in a WORSE and HOTTER part of the factory because they wanted me to quit.

[@CharlotteStockton]

PLEASE reach out to attorney, or at least file a complaint with the EEOC or OCR. And if possible make sure your doctor understands what is going on so you and your baby are in the best health possible.

[@FC-hj9ub]

Fuckng abuse

[@silverscapes9628]

The “sitting = laziness” thing really needs to go away. Especially if your job involves standing in the same 3 foot radius for 8 hours.

[@sapphicmystery2734]

Interesting that you can get fired while being pregnant in the US.

[@Username0467]

It gets very complicated if you made you employer aware of the pregnancy.

[@sapphicmystery2734]

@Jess J in Germany it's illegal to fire someone who is pregnant. Any firing for any reason is automatically invalid. The employer has to know, though The woman has two weeks notice after getting fired to inform the employer that she is currently pregnant of he doesn't know. If she does so, getting fired is invalid.

[@Zeivusgaming]

Moms, in general, are hated in the USA, and businesses give them a stigma of being unreliable because they also have to care for unpredictable children. You have zero support, and companies also don't have to give you any paid leave. America deserves its demise if it refuses to secure its future workers. (We all know they will most likely be wage slaves like everyone else.)

[@Paulpoission]

They just won’t hire you here if you’re pregnant

[@ClipPointCam]

​@Sapphic Mystery I disagree with that. Yes it should be illegal to fire a woman who is pregnant because of said pregnancy, but it should be valid to fire her say if she is caught stealing or other firable offenses.

[@amybradbury338]

I was working fast food while pregnant... They wouldn't give me a maternity uniform, and cut my shifts down to 6 hours so they didn't have to give me any breaks. Not that they gave breaks on the regular anyway even if you were working over 8 hours, but yeah. Pregnant and on my feet for 6 hours wearing an apron to cover the fact that my uniform shirt did not button over my belly and my uniform pants were being held up by hair ties instead of properly buttoned. I cannot BELIEVE I put up with that! Don't be loyal to a place that isn't loyal to you.

[@jennenny87]

Usually they don't fire you, they just schedule you for like 1 hour a week until you quit or have to get another job to fill the gaps, then they make sure to schedule you for a time that they know you can't be there and fire you for "missing too many shifts." In a very sad way, she's honestly lucky they actually fired her so she at least had some legal recourse.

[@CharlotteStockton]

Make you sure that you always consult an attorney, because the case, however bleak, might be actionable.

[@RobotLegJim]

I worked for a company that was so heartless, that if they knew you had a diagnose of cancer, they would make your life so miserable, you’d leave.
Bastards….

[@kurokami1000]

In Switzerland you can't fire anyone during their pregnancy, as companies would tried to avoide paying during maternity leave

[@juliar332]

The US doesn’t even have paid maternity leave

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

That sounds horrible. Just tell people they don't have to work or even behave while pregnant.

[@emmib1388]

So if I live in Switzerland and am pregnant, I can cut my performance in half (or less) and not be concerned about getting let go ?

[@nicolejuricek7476]

What if the woman can't make rate at a warehouse ? Can't lift more than 15 pounds or be on feet for more than 5 hours straight a day?

[@kpepperl319]

Yup... Simply because employers can't do math... Stool would have cost no more than $50... Now they have a lawsuit on their hands for way more.

[@damien678]

The cost isn't actually the point. The point is to have absolute control over their employees and make them feel like they don't deserve as much. Makes it easier to pay them less when costs of everything else goes up when you get them super tired from standing up all day and having instilled the mindset they aren't worth as much in their heads.

[@chubbygardengnome]

Not to mention californis requires businesses to provide a chair for use by employees for any job that can reasonably be done while in a chair, or for use while not performing the job duties that cannot be done while in a chair.

[@bonniesaxe9460]

My sister worked in a warehouse. When she became pregnant they transferred her to the office and taught her bookkeeping. She now earns a six figure salary

[@Morgan24_7]

Back in the day, I worked for Circuit City. There was a girl there that was pregnant and a single mother. She had her baby, and she came to the job multiple times on a Wednesday to speak to our manager. One day I saw her at the bus stop with the baby in his carrier, diaper bag, and her purse. I helped her. When we got to the job, our manager was off that day. Well she came every Wednesday as she was told to by our boss. When she told us that she was told to come on Wednesday, wenlet her know Wednesday's were that manager's days off. The next thing she knew, she received a letter in the mail saying that SHE had quit. The girl NEVER resigned. She was trying to talk to her about coming back to work early because she needed the money. I confronted that manager. Me and a few other's told her that girl had been coming with her newborn to come back early. She was shocked. I let her know the girl told me she never quit, and asked her how that happened. That woman turned red. I told her...that's wrongful termination. You never liked her, and we ALL know it. YOU fired her on maternity leave. She went so pale and so quiet. I told her...she can sue, and walked away. She just sat there quietly. The girls brother and myself urged her to get a lawyer, but she didn't do it. A few months later that same manager got fired because of another manager. 3 of them got fired. Good.

[@pandaidol1017]

Same thing happened to my mom’s coworker. They were both working at the bank and the bank required them to stand at the window all day. When my mom’s coworker got pregnant she asked if she could do the job while sitting in a chair because it doesn’t affect the job at all if she’s sitting. The bank said no which caused her to be in a lot of pain and she sued the bank and won. After that to be safe they gave everyone chairs.

[@lindsey2300]

I'm always amazed that employers will either be assholes to pregnant employees, cutting hours or firing. Even worse, those employers that want pregnant women to do unsafe work, like lifting heavy things or going into dangerous areas.
When I was pregnant at work, I was restricted to office areas. I was not allowed out in the shop for any reason. HR told me under no circumstances was I to do anything unsafe, not even get paper reams from the supply closet. No working over, nothing that could exhaust me. They wanted to make sure that they could never be held liable if anything happened to me or my baby while pregnant.

[@cariwaldick4898]

I worked fast food during my first pregnancy. My manager believed I should be able to lean out the drive through window all day, across the metal counter. SHE told me that during slave times, women would have their babies in the fields, strap them on their backs, and go back to work. She thought I was being difficult. Yeah, she thought SLAVE LABOR was the example I should be following.

[@damien678]

She said the quiet part out loud

[@michaelkurtz1967]

Corporations often treat pregnant woman differently. Some are allowed time to attend doctors appointments while others must take vacation days in order to see the doctor regularly. Corporations see the state of pregnancy as a means to eliminate people and try to make their life difficult.

[@heidi3963]

It's important to remember that no two pregnancies are the same. Some people have easy pregnancies and don't require much, if any, accommodations. Other people may experience life-threatening pregnancy complications and need lots of support. And most pregnancies are somewhere in between the two extremes.

[@eveesix9683]

I actually had a regular customer demand I grabbed the chair from my manager's office when I was pregnant working at a gas station. He even said the manager can take it up with him directly if he had a problem with it.

[@rae-annelamberton560]

My boss brought me a stool, he had children, his wife I'm sure made him aware

[@conflictinmybrain2019]

I had a coworker at my old job who was pregnant and worked at the customer service desk. Our manager said she wasnt allowed to sit, even when she was a month away from her due date. Luckily some people from our furniture section pulled through and always ensured that she had a place to sit.

[@diana-yp1dz]

In germany pregnancy is handled very differently. ...very differently. When compared to the US Germany is a effing paradise

[@hellowilson5335]

What’s crazy is it’s actually the customers who care if you’re standing. They’ll literally complain to management how you’re not working. When I was a manager of a small boutique my staff was sitting since wee had no one in the store. Someone comes in sees they’re were sitting and felt like complaining to me about how lazy they were. There was no one in there why would they need to be standing?

[@maudernart5246]

The Karens and Kevins will find literally anything to complain about

[@lockhak33]

When reasonably possible stools should be available to all employees who would otherwise be standing in the same place for long stretches of time.

[@beeziebubs2756]

What’s wild is accommodating her and allowing a stool would’ve been much cheaper than firing her, going through the hiring process, and training a brand new employee.

[@renfri5233]

In japan, they view employees that have fallen asleep at their jobs to be hard working. In the USA, you're not allowed a stool for a couple minutes and you're called lazy?

[@missmaddy]

In EU is ilegal to fire a pregnant woman, also the employer is obligated by the law to create a safe environment for the woman.

[@jens9782]

I did the same 2 jobs while pregnant, even went into labor at a table.. Over 50 yrs ago they didn't care.. and if you were not married they really treated you like dirt because they knew you needed a income.

[@mandykilpatrick1635]

that's is ridiculous. I wasn't allowed to do physically stressful work, had to take reasonable breaks (off my feet) and paid time off for all medical appointments. Also received full maternity leave and pay. When will the US start recognising employee rights as human rights.

[@jmdenison]

I've gotten fired while I've been pregnant. But the problem was I walked out the door and within days I got a job for a lot more money and they didn't care I was pregnant so the move was good

[@amazingbella23]

Hell all I wanted while pregnant was a lunch… 40-45 hr work weeks and never got a lunch… I had to watch EVERY single employee leave for lunch while I was forced to keep working for fear of being fired. Once COVID shut down happened they eliminated my position with the company. So there I was a 100lb new mother with a little baby and no job.

[@kariissmol9172]

US: People who sit are lazy!!
US politicians: *slowly standibg up ans hiding the chairs*

[@susanrand512]

It's the management for these companies that costs them a boat load of money, will they ever learn.

[@catherinegilles6408]

This happened to me. I had a doctors’ note saying I needed to sit for a few minutes after about 2 hours. The place I worked told me
“no!”

[@davidspiegel5159]

counselor thank you for these videos

[@Triss_Joy]

Pregnancy is considered an illness so this should apply in all 50 states-ADA, among other things…

[@eunickissimo]

Imagine being a so smart boss you face a lawsuit for a damn stool.

[@a.fee-oh1328]

People if you're ever in jured pregnant or if a family member is, look into ADA and FMLA forms.
You want have income unless you have short or long term disability benefits, but ADA makes your job work with/around an ailment and FMLA protects your job while out of work for an ailment.

[@hollaatthekid1796]

They want people not only to work for them but to suffer too. That’s evil. It’s cruel.

[@elijahishere]

I wanna know what the thought process is. Does a grown adult really think, "Wow. A pregnant woman with two jobs wants to be able to sit down every few minutes while I pay her less than the value of her work? Fire her." It doesn't make sense.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

To be fair, having two jobs isn't the employer's problem. But people should be able to sit when medical conditions require it.

[@CharlotteStockton]

It is a control issue and they don't to deal with it.

[@fedos]

They had to fire her because if they couldn't let the other employees see her being treated humanely.

[@xtrff2024]

They fired her because she asked for a stool.... because she was pregnant.... what would the equivalent of this be for a person who cannot get pregnant? Oh, right! There isn’t one. Could these two be related?

[@abigaylegeisel]

There's an entire list of disabilities which anyone could get which are protected by law?

[@kurtie6794]

Instead of paying the cost of a stool they’re paying the cost of a losing court battle. Don’t understand why bosses think their authority is being challenged (that’s def the reason she was fired) bc their PREGNANT employee asked for a FEW MINUTE stool break every hour.

[@damien678]

They want absolute power and control over their 'peons'.

[@josieshoxx]

A $500,000 stool😂

[@hoshimochi5702]

The business practices in America make zero sense to me. In my opinion, it would save a lot more money to prevent situations rather than get sued. If I owned my own company, I would want to treat my employees well and encourage a job well done. You can't perform your job well if you're being treated like garbage.😔

[@CaTastrophy427]

"If you can't accomodate a chair for your pregnant ladies, you also can't accomodate a wheelchair, right? So why haven't you gotten rid of Doug?"

[@changed2041]

When I was pregnant I worked at TJ Maxx and they refused to let me drink any water during my shift until I got a doctor's note smh. It was my first child so I don't and didn't know if that was okay. Oh my hours were cut too 😭

[@udalimb384]

This needs to be a high school course to prepare people for work life. We're in a time where this is need to know information.

[@Downthewell707]

My boss moved me to pesticides department right after learning I was pregnant. So many time I should have sued.

[@mikebar42]

That's horrible

[@wdfktv8555]

I hope you help this client clean out her employers cash register.

[@Lillypop93]

We need ppl like you in the south companies are so shady down here it's crazy and because most are fire at will states the ppl think they have no actions to take even though companies are breaking the law heck I was literally fired for being a woman it was in text messages and everything and saying that they needed to replace me with a man all after no complaints for like 6 months a review came in (not a bad one) saying I was one of the nicest delivery people she ever had. She referenced my gender in the post which made a higher up aware I was a woman and he immediately called my boss and later discussed through texts.

[@nathanielwowchuk6880]

I feel the only reasonable outcome is that the woman receives a settlement, and the business is shut down completely.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

Sure. Let's put lots of people out of work because of the decision of one person. That's always a great answer.

[@CharlotteStockton]

We don't want other employees to lose their jobs; but there is no doubt this woman deserves compensation.

[@randilevson9547]

Everyone could use a good stool. I hope the pregnant woman got a huge wrongful dismissal settlement.

[@Paulpoission]

Good for her I hope they make it rain on her😊

[@vil8374]

This kind of reminds me of what happened to my sister had I known that it might have been against regulation I might have told her to get a lawyer to sue Walmart but she was getting knee surgery to try to fix her knees she had that scheduled time off I think quite a few months ahead of time and she got fired for not coming into work when she was not supposed to be scheduled which made it impossible to get another job that would have paid her a lot more because she got fired from Walmart

[@lindaleelaw5277]

In England clerks have stools and mats Ameruca sinks lower and lower

[@eliseholman10]

Gosh, that remimds me of my first job 😂 I worked at krispy kreme and they tried to fire my friend (who was a manager) because they knew she was on her way out and she told them that her car broke down and she was running to work. When she got the text, she was pissed because she was RUNNING TO WORK BECAUSE HER CAR WAS BROKEN DOWN
They also fired me because someone told them that i had gotten another job and they didn't want to pay for my time off on an upcoming vacation.
Fuck krispy kreme lmao

[@pheonixriver]

From a $5 stool to thousands of dollars pay out... Dumb Game = Dumb Prizes

[@robinsmith8252]

Not getting a $30 stool cost them WAY more.

[@charmedleblanc]

California seems to have some of the better protections. Sucks it's always on fire 😂. I'd like to get the hell out of the hell Florida has been turning into. Looking at some of the blue states dreaming. ( can't move because I'm on disability).

[@colesuqs]

Years ago I got hit by a car ( drunk driver, it was dramatic and scary) but I didn't get really any real injuries except there was something wrong with my knee, it was swollen like the size of a grapefruit, anyways I worked at a little fast food joint and I had to be on my feet for 12hrs, there was already a stool there, it wouldn't have hurt anything to let me sit on it, freaking jerks... Moral is I got fired over it and never knew I could have had recourse, but I wasn't pregnant so maybe not?

[@fadinreigne]

So here's the question...
On applications they ask: Can you do the job with or without reasonable accommodation?
If you DO need reasonable accommodation and say yes, they don't hire you.
If you need it and say no, then latter ask for the accommodation they FIRE you for lieing on the application.
Is there anyway to combat this. Corporate stunt?

[@saorise28]

“If you have time to lean, you have time to clean”

[@WanArk86]

Yep, the employer was a stool, alright.

[@TabbyQ.9563]

Are your services free? This happened to me without the firing. I was denied a stool behind the register. They said the stool didn't look good but the cashier in tears due to pain was fine.
I could not find any free resources. (Later, I was denied promotion because I was a new mom.)

[@Hurrrdurrrrrrr]

Do you have everything you need in writing?

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

Do you work for free? Or do you hust expect others to do so?

[@CharlotteStockton]

If you cannot afford an attorney, you can file a complaint with the EEOC under the auspices of being disabled IF you are eligible.
It is a simple form and it helps if you can have a physicians note to validate your claims that it is always helpful. Remember you must let them know that you are disabled (there are requirements to fulfill this requirement) and request a reasonable accommodation. They should offer to meet to confer with you, BUT NEVER GO by yourself. Try to get a representative or shop steward or other person that has knowledge of this subject and discuss your situation ahead of time. BUT if you can get an attorney, at least talk to one and get their help. It is a process, but no matter how they seems to act, the employer or HR is NOT your friend.

[@aleynamutlu4206]

I dont get it who is gonna take the stool out of people who do nothing but only evil at work yet gets full time jobs and promotions all the time.

[@louiseely3930]

A stool would’ve cost a lot less than being squid/fines!

[@epicswandbooks6531]

I dont know how to phrase this question, but i was a manager at a BK and i found out i was pregnant with my second child. During the pandemic, the store is only allowed for 2 people to work at a time unless its our busy days: usually Fridays and Saturdays. About a month into my pregnancy I was getting sick every few minutes to the point where they were forced to send me home. One day, i called in letting the opening manager know that i can't come in because i couldn't hold anything - both food and liquids - down long enough to get me through my shift. In response, later that day i was fired for "not wanting to work"... So I'm wondering, am I in the wrong in this situation and if not, what can I do? Its been a couple of years and the same crew that i worked with don't work in that location anymore, so I don't even know if there's anything I can do.

[@davidav8orpflanz561]

So, she was pushing for a stool, and they pushed back...

[@mathieugervais501]

U fire an employer over a 20$ chair accommodation f them

[@lifeasrini]

I think this all comes back to the Boomer attitude that sitting = lazy ... Whereas most people would much prefer to be served by a comfortable pregnant person than a stressed and in pain future mumma..

[@KKKtrucky2]

Wow that's America! Don't give a shit about pregnant women but you better not decide not to have the baby.

[@joshuabailey2746]

I work with two broken hips road a bike to work was on my feet for over 12 hours a day and I lived like that for years because I didn't realize my hips were so bad of damaged I just worked through the pain must be nice being a woman

[@dayinah]

I'm glad the people in these comments don't make laws ffs 🙄

[@CharlotteStockton]

???

[@dayinah]

@Susan Christie people are saying it's a choice to be pregnant, so she doesn't deserve an accommodation and other misogynistic things.

[@AKW1984]

I'm curious.. I came back from FMLA leave after having surgery and when I got back I had my flex time taken away and also had an 'audit' done of my work, which I failed because process changed while i was out. I felt I was being punished for taking 2 weeks to recover.
Also after my Grandma died, my manager said it was policy to provide a copy of a death notice or certificate. She lied about this. 😢

[@OdinisGod]

Note.. if you can don't work for republican bosses..

[@lorettafrank9906]

Come to Houston please or do u kno anyone in Houston??

[@aspohn7256]

It’s hard standing all day without being too

[@barbaradyson6951]

The world pays PARENTAL LEAVE FROM 3 MONTHS FOR BOTH PARENTS. IT MEANS THE MOTHER CAN TAKE 3 MONTHS OFF AND GET PAID AND GO BACK TO HER JOB. EVEN AFGHANISTAN DOES THIS. AMERICA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T..

[@kazzuo32]

My question is she wanted a stool but how often will she been seated? Because every few minutes is not reasonable.
They shouldn't fired her for asking, that was wrong.

[@hughmc6986]

Savagery at its best

[@vandna.guliya]

How sad and miserable. One day the world will beg for women to carry children and women will say no , I had enough!!

[@seabreezeblank1513]

I worked at Little Caesars and told them I was pregnant I was fired a day and a half later do you unemployment my entire pregnancy because they fired me for being pregnant

[@thomasheerjr9268]

I dont get this. You have an employee who is coming to work while pregnant and just wants a stool? Really, they wanna be petty about it.
As a manager, Id give her the stool and thanked her for coming to work. Not even a discussion.

[@user-mx8rx5ky6w]

About Florida law when you have a tumor inside his size of small child against take off work

[@dshe8637]

2 full time jobs?
Do better America!