The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that Victra, the business name of ABC Phones of North Carolina and a nationwide retailer of Verizon mobile devices, violated federal law when it denied a worker’s request to leave new hire training early for an important medical appointment related to her pregnancy and withdrew her job offer. The EEOC found that the company allowed other new hires to change or reschedule their training start dates or attendance for other reasons unrelated to pregnancy.
This violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which doesn’t allow discrimination because of pregnancy and related medical conditions, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which doesn’t allow discrimination against a qualified individual because of a pregnancy-related issue the employer thinks is a disability.
For more information, see the EEOC News Brief.