At 6 ½ months into her pregnancy, Armanda Legros was told by her doctor that she had to avoid heavy lifting. Her manager at the armored truck company where she worked sent her home indefinitely and without pay.
In contrast, a coworker who was injured on the job was granted the accommodation that Legros was denied. A single mother with no other source of income, Legros stated in her testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions earlier this year that “once my baby arrived, just putting food on the table for him and my 4-year-old was a challenge. I was forced to use water in his cereal at times because I could not afford milk. I was scared every time I looked in my empty fridge.”
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