A New Baby After Taking a New Job? That Could be a Problem in Ohio

This is why there are so many unemployed - becasue employers can 'hire and fire as they chose' without any repercussions. Employers are NOT your family. Employers are NOT your friends. So employees, go in with the attitude of "I just work for you". No company picnics, holidays, parties, don't call me after hours, on weekends -- nada. Plan your life around YOU, not around THEM. Work hard but that can wait until that buzzer hits 8:oo and you shut it off when it hits 5:oo. Get up and go home. They owe you nothing but wage. Take your check, clock in-clock out and enjoy your real family and freinds. Those you can't replace; you can always work for another Overseer..er..employer.

yay, nancy!! i'm a woman and don't expect to be treated any differently than the men at work. tiffany mcfee probably knew she was pregnant when she took the job and was hoping the rules wouldn't apply to her.

Nancy I think what you are lacking is children. You really shouldn't be so opinionated unless you yourself have faced the same problem. First of all many women do not even know they are pregnant within the first trimester. What was she supposed to do quit her job when she found out she ws pregnant?? Have an abortion??/ Or maybe she should give the child up for adoption. Is that what a woman with a career would do??? People like you are just what we don't need in the business world.

While I do agree that the rule does not discriminate on the basis of sex, I do take offense with the terminology "women are taking men's jobs". This is the very same mentality that keeps women earning less than men doing the same job. When I first read the headline, I was ready to be offended, but when I read the story, I realized that it wasn't about women, it was about a choice to flaunt the rules that were known at the time of employment. Women have the option to choose when to get pregnant. Someone who gets sick or injured does not choose to do so or when to do so. This woman choosing to get pregnant right after being hired or knowing she already was and failing to disclose it, was pushing the law and trying to hide behind a discrimination suit. Women who do this, make it difficult for other women in the workplace.

Look, cupcake. This isn't just about pregnancy. What if you, at eight months on the job, discovered you had a medical malady that required immediate attention and an extended recovery? Do you recommend these people just stay on the job and die in their chair? (If, at six months on the job, you find out that you had ovarian cancer, would you just "tough it out" until you reached that anniversary mark before you do something about it? That little wait would likely cost you your life.) As for the twit, slinky, who says in her response to you that the woman in the story probably knew she was pregnant? Maybe. But it is not uncommon for a woman not to know she is pregnant in the first month or two of pregnancy, especially if her periods are irregular. What a suspicious witch. And, by the way, no form of birth control is 100% effective, so who's to say the pregnancy was deliberate? I find it so hard to deal with stupid, mean-spirited people.

I agree that the woman who sued most likely knew she was pregnant. To me it makes perfect sense why some women would chose to go find a new job, maybe with good health benefits, when she is newly pregnant or possibly trying to conceive. Doing so is "smart" for families without health benefits. For states that wouldn't regulate against that kind of behavior, Its just another way for low income families to abuse the system.

I am low income and my husband and I plan on trying to become more financially stable before planning a family. I'm looking for a job, but as soon as I get one, I'm not planning to try get pregnant. Its not fair for the employer or the child. Getting a job solely to pay for having a baby shows those women are not mature enough to be having children anyway. Please be more responsible ladies, or like the one commenter said, you will make it harder on the rest of the women in the work force.

Actually about 3 years ago, a state level jackass tried to have any kind of pregnancy termination, regardless of situation (so a 14 year old girl raped by her "funny" uncle? Up the creek if she's up the spout), a felony. Apparently he thought every uterus in Ohio at risk of pregnancy should be full, in a state that's been in contempt of court for over a decade for still funding their schools through property taxation. It's a beautiful state, but I'll never live there again if I can help it.

I live in Ohio, NOT BORN!, the next law that they need to pass here is mandatory sterilization!

God love you honey...I hope all went well....my husband and I left MI in Sept. last year when I lost my job nearly three years before due to my employer selling his business due to health reasons and I "lost" my job as a hygientist due to the new owners bringing in younger, more inexperinced (cheaper) help.....MI sucks...hope all works out for you.....

slinky yea another discriminations against females and their rights---I guess it's better than being a world vision missionary shelter child jus left there with so called relatives by some pronounced church missionary---maybe you could even leave your doggie FIDO there in the window also as a rememberance ---Yes SIR, Mam--- for sure-- your little doggie chewawa that go up and down like at the taco bell

Society is supposed to be grateful that they don't want to be a drain on it? Your statements are mindless Scoobe2. You whine about betraying our own gender but you just made statements that assert females being lazy and on welfare is the norm and that any female making an effort to do something else should be praised. I think that tells us all we need to know about your true view of our gender.
If our fellows females focused on the true inequities rather than forcing their personal choices, such as pregnancy/parenthood on others... maybe the gap would close faster. What these people are calling for is NOT equality, it IS special treatment and the least they could do if they are going to keep demanding it is own up to the fact that it is special treatment.

We need to stop filling women with lies.

The truth is that the world is not fair. You can't have it all and you have to make choices as a woman. If you want children then you have to accept what comes with that. If you want a career and children you have to realize that it is not your employer's responsibility when you can't find a baby sitter; your child is sick; or you get pregnant.
It's time that women understand what men have known for years...if you work....you have a responsibility to the person who pays you (and often pays most of your health insurance) to be there and do your job.
If you can't do that then they have every right to find someone who will....

You want equality in the work place. How about the women who don't get pregnant, they don't get to take time off. That's descrimination against people who don't get pregnant. Oh and by the way, the owner of the business didn't tell the woman to get pregnant, That falls on her shoulders only. Just remember that for every action there is a reaction. And when a woman takes maternity leave, that means everyone else in the office has to take on additional responsibilities to do her work while she is away. Is that fair the them to have to work more without getting extra pay to cover for someone who isn't there? It's a cruel world out there. She should keep her legs closed or use appropriate birth control methods. I agree with Nancy, stop whining and get on with your life.