Paper company Longview Fibre illegally discriminated against a woman when it refused to hire her as a clerk and order checker because she was pregnant, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled. The court found that the company attempted to use a pretextual weightlifting requirement, which it increased twice, to avoid hiring the woman after it learned of her pregnancy. The case will now be returned to Cowlitz County Superior Court, where damages will be determined.
November 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Longview Fibre Co. illegally discriminated against a woman when it refused to hire her as a clerk and order checker because she was pregnant, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Olympia.
The paper company offered to hire Stacy Hegwine in February 2001 pending a physical examination, then rescinded the job offer when it learned she was pregnant, even though the pregnancy would not have interfered with her ability to do the work, Justice James M. Johnson wrote in the 9-0 opinion.
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