Labor/Employment
May 8, 2012
EEOC says retailer fired worker on maternity leave
A major retailer violated federal discrimination laws when it fired an assistant manager while she was on maternity leave, the San Francisco office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed Friday.
By Brian Sumers
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A major retailer violated federal discrimination laws when it fired an assistant manager while she was on maternity leave, the San Francisco office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed Friday.
The suit alleges Leah Marshall, who worked at shoe store Journeys in Newark, was let go in 2007 just days after giving birth, despite being told her job would be kept while she was on leave. Journ...
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