“An attorney representing victims of pregnancy discrimination recommended amending the City Human Rights Law to create a rebuttable presumption of discrimination by employers who terminate pregnant workers during a then-known pregnancy. Such an amendment would not only expedite pregnancy discrimination cases, but also provide additional protections for pregnant workers. Moreover, once a case is brought, the burden would be on the employer to show that the adverse action did not involve discriminatory animus.”[1]
A full copy of the report can be accessed here: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/publications/Pregnancy_Report.pdf.
[1] The New York City Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at CUNY Law School, Your Rights While Pregnant, Breastfeeding, or Caregiving: A Report on the 2019 Commission Public Hearing on Pregnancy and Caregiver Discrimination, p. 11, https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/publications/Pregnancy_Report.pdf (accessed Oct. 3, 2019)
