beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 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-square86linkfedilinkarrow-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-29 days agomessage-square86linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 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-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 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.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 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-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoNobody said any of that time off was paid.
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.
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.
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.
Nobody said any of that time off was paid.