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[varik]

any hours a week. It's difficult to find another job being pregnant as well as being 19. Being most jobs that will hire you at this age require heavy lifting or more labor than is possible for a 6 month in pregnant women. I live in Arizona. Is there any law protecting them from doing this to me? I’ve tried asking for transfer of stores for more hours, however my boss always "forgets"
And I’ve tried talking with my manager with them giving me the run around every time. I am desperate and need help for my baby.

[panteno]

My original answer was incorrect. There *IS* a federal law to protect you called the Pregnancy Discrimination Act which attached itself to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-preg.html

Here's the important bit: "Pregnant employees must be permitted to work as long as they are able to perform their jobs. If an employee has been absent from work as a result of a pregnancy-related condition and recovers, her employer may not require her to remain on leave until the baby's birth. An employer also may not have a rule that prohibits an employee from returning to work for a predetermined length of time after childbirth."

[garwyli91]

My original answer was incorrect. There *IS* a federal law to protect you called the Pregnancy Discrimination Act which attached itself to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-preg.html

Here's the important bit: "Pregnant employees must be permitted to work as long as they are able to perform their jobs. If an employee has been absent from work as a result of a pregnancy-related condition and recovers, her employer may not require her to remain on leave until the baby's birth. An employer also may not have a rule that prohibits an employee from returning to work for a predetermined length of time after childbirth."

It would help if you mentioned your job. Then we could judge if there was a valid reason for less shifts. If you're a pole dancer or work at a job that requires lifting, they're free to not schedule you.

A job is required to not fire you for being pregnant, however, they are not forced to allow you to switch jobs. They don't have to for instance demand that someone else do the physical parts of your job, while you get the easy parts of theirs.

[kendrix]

You should have kept your mouth shut. Pregnant women are not a protected group. Your employer can cut your hours for any reason.
Start looking for another job. Don't mention your pregnancy. When you start showing, they will ask. Again, pregnant women are not a protected group. If your employer cannot accomodate your pregnancy, then he doesn't have to employ you.
By the way were is baby daddy? Isn't it time he starts helping out?

[ardwyad]

if you cant do the job that is required of you then they really have no choice to lessen your hours.....they arent going to pay you to sit around. if you cant work, you wont get paid. on top of that your boss technically doesnt have to agree to your request to transfer.....

[baigh]

There might well be such a law, but you won't find out for certain unless you ask an employment attorney. A consultation with one for the possibility of a law suit to protect your rights would probably not cost you anything, so do it today.

[gustav]

If you are physically unable to do your job, what do you expect them to do? They didn't knock you up, it's not their fault.

[devon]

If you need help for your baby, how about asking the father? Maybe HIS job will let him work more since he would be more physically able to do so than you. Wait lemme guess...he's not even in the picture?

But to answer your question, no, there is no law that protects them from doing this. It's a fact of life that you can't do the same job you did before and that's being reflected in your schedule.

And your boss "forgets" to transfer you just like you "forgot" to use a condom.

EDIT: @Above poster: That's incorrect. It's true that a company cannot refuse to hire someone who is pregnant simply for being pregnant, BUT, they can still refuse to hire someone who is pregnant if their physical limitations would prevent them from performing their job duties, as long as the pregnant person can't prove they hire people for that job with the same physical limitations.

Pregnant woman do not have any special rights. When you're working and become pregnant, you are bound to the same rules as anyone else who becomes temporarily disabled; that's all.

[vruyk]

Yes! Contact the E.E.O.C. NO employer can decrease your hours based on you being with child unless your doctor says you can not work more than so many hours a day. Its a federal law.. Good luck