beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoLawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and refused to give them permission to sit or use a chair and later fired them after a pregnancy-related hospitalizationwww.abetterbalance.orgexternal-linkmessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and refused to give them permission to sit or use a chair and later fired them after a pregnancy-related hospitalizationwww.abetterbalance.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square85linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoI lived in the US for three years. This is the first time I heard that women get two weeks off for delivery and offices have milking rooms.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoNobody said any of that time off was paid.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoIn the U.S. the only thing women are guaranteed nationwide are 12 weeks of unpaid leave and only if you work at a company with 50 or more employees.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYeah. We built a new building and actually have a pregnant employee, so we’re all annoyed that we can’t use the breast-feeding room for storage anymore.
I lived in the US for three years. This is the first time I heard that women get two weeks off for delivery and offices have milking rooms.
Nobody said any of that time off was paid.
In the U.S. the only thing women are guaranteed nationwide are 12 weeks of unpaid leave and only if you work at a company with 50 or more employees.
Yeah. We built a new building and actually have a pregnant employee, so we’re all annoyed that we can’t use the breast-feeding room for storage anymore.