Employment lawyers say pregnancy discrimination lawsuits are on the rise in corporate America, particularly among high-level female executives who claim that they are being knocked off the corporate ladder because of maternity issues. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission spokesman David Grinberg says that even a 31 percent increase in complaints over the last decade does not reflect the true extent of the problem. Many women, he says "view charge-filing and litigation as a 'career killer.'"
April 14, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Employment lawyers say pregnancy discrimination lawsuits are on the rise in corporate America, particularly among high-level female executives who claim that they are being knocked off the corporate ladder because of maternity issues.
In Chicago, a national marketing manager is suing Merisant Worldwide Inc., the maker of Equal sweetener, claiming that the company demoted her and treated her unfairly because of her pregnancy. Babb v. Merisant, No. 06 C 1383 (N.D. Ill.).
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