Post by Logan on May 4, 2016 23:06:01 GMT -6
Advocates for pregnancy bill explain need for employee protections
Nearly 10 years later, Betti Davis is still recovering from the financial blow that came when she lost her job at Whole Foods in Dublin while pregnant with her son.
Davis, of Chillicothe, said she was let go after she asked to transfer to a different department because her doctor advised her to stop lifting heavy boxes during her pregnancy.
As they awaited the birth, she and her now-husband saw their plans to work full time, send their son to daycare and finish school vanish.
"Pregnancy is supposed to be a joyful experience. Unfortunately mine wasn't," she said on Wednesday during a Downtown news conference.
Read more: www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/05/04/Women-advocate-for-pregnancy-bill.html
Nearly 10 years later, Betti Davis is still recovering from the financial blow that came when she lost her job at Whole Foods in Dublin while pregnant with her son.
Davis, of Chillicothe, said she was let go after she asked to transfer to a different department because her doctor advised her to stop lifting heavy boxes during her pregnancy.
As they awaited the birth, she and her now-husband saw their plans to work full time, send their son to daycare and finish school vanish.
"Pregnancy is supposed to be a joyful experience. Unfortunately mine wasn't," she said on Wednesday during a Downtown news conference.
Read more: www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/05/04/Women-advocate-for-pregnancy-bill.html