Legal Question in Employment Law in Kansas

Re: termination while pregnant

You have a claim for sexual discrimination if you were fired because you are pregnant. You are in that minority class and they gave you no legitimate business reason for firing you. I suggest you contact an employment discrimination lawyer and discuss the facts. You can contact me if you wish. You are probably not entitled to severence pay, but unearned vacation pay should be paid. You can file a complaint for unpaid vacation pay with the Kansas Department of Human Resources in Topeka. Of course you can also apply for unemployment benefits.

Re: termination while pregnant

It is always difficult to give an accurate answer without all the facts of a situation. However, under federal law, it is illegal to discriminate against a person (woman) on the basis of her pregnancy. In addition, if your employer has at least 50 employees, and you have worked long enough, you might have been entitled to take leave under the Family Medical Leave Act. I just finished representing a woman from central Kansas in a pregnancy case, and we were able to get her case resolved through the mediation process. I strongly urge you to contact an experienced employment attorney to determine if your rights have been violated. One point you should consider is that if you were planning to quit your job anyway, your damages for economic loss will not be that large.