Can your employer legally force you into a separation from the company due to child birth?
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Can your employer legally force you into a separation from the company due to child birth?
I currently work part time and at the time I would need maternity leave I will have been employed for ten months. I was told today I would bit get maternity leave but would’ve forced into a separation and it would be considered a voluntary resignation.
Asked on January 25, 2013 under Employment Labor Law, Indiana
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Based upon what you have written about you employer cannot terminate your position for being pregnant. To terminate your position on such a ground would be a violation under all the laws of the states in this country where you would be discriminated based upon the fact that you are female.
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