职场女性怀孕依然广泛遭受歧视待遇
<p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="pregnant">pregnant</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="workplace">workplace</span>, <span word="discrimination">discrimination</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="widespread">widespread</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="combated">combated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="publicity">publicity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="clearer">clearer</span> <span word="guidelines">guidelines</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="testimony">testimony</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="hearing">hearing</span>。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Equal">Equal</span> <span word="Employment">Employment</span> <span word="Opportunity">Opportunity</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="counsel">counsel</span>, <span word="Peggy">Peggy</span> <span word="Mastroianni">Mastroianni</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="resolved">resolved</span> 52,000 <span word="pregnancy">pregnancy</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="since">since</span> 2001, <span word="with">with</span> $150.5 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="damages">damages</span>。</p><p><span word="Discrimination">Discrimination</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="pregnant">pregnant</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="includes">includes</span> <span word="firing">firing</span>, <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="pay">pay</span>, <span word="being">being</span> <span word="denied">denied</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pump">pump</span> <span word="breast">breast</span> <span word="milk">milk</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="barred">barred</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="witnesses">witnesses</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="five">five</span>-<span word="member">member</span> <span word="EEOC">EEOC</span> <span word="panel">panel</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hearing">hearing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="issue">issue</span>。</p><p><span word="Decades">Decades</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1978 <span word="Pregnancy">Pregnancy</span> <span word="Discrimination">Discrimination</span> <span word="Act">Act</span>, <span word="discrimination">discrimination</span> <span word="ranges">ranges</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shop">shop</span> <span word="floor">floor</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="executive">executive</span> <span word="suite">suite</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="sexual">sexual</span> <span word="stereotyping">stereotyping</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="factor">factor</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="state">state</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="low">low</span>-<span word="income">income</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="said">said</span>。</p><p>"<span word="This">This</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pregnancy">Pregnancy</span> <span word="Discrimination">Discrimination</span> <span word="Act">Act</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="employers">employers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="basics">basics</span>. <span word="Are">Are</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="fundamental">fundamental</span> <span word="issues">issues</span>?" <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Commissioner">Commissioner</span> <span word="Constance">Constance</span> <span word="Barker">Barker</span>。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="workplace">workplace</span> <span word="discrimination">discrimination</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="highlighted">highlighted</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="judge">judge</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Texas">Texas</span> <span word="ruled">ruled</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Houston">Houston</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="asking">asking</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pump">pump</span> <span word="breast">breast</span> <span word="milk">milk</span>。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="EEOC">EEOC</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="litigate">litigate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span>. <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Counsel">Counsel</span> <span word="David">David</span> <span word="Lopez">Lopez</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="weighing">weighing</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="appeal">appeal</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ruling">ruling</span>。</p>
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