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tina242


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Good news: I'm pregnant!  I'm 5 months along now!

I waited to tell everyone until after the 1st trimester, and before I knew it the 2nd trimester was sailing along!  People are just now noticing and I find out the sex next Thursday!!  aww.gif

Bad news: I just got laid off yesterday!

However, I get paid all the way up until March 1st!  So I'm ok with it - it's just shocking when you are told "guess what you don't have a job."  It's like if I don't want the job, I want it to be my decision!  Why are we always told to give 2 weeks notice when half the time these places give you no notice at all!? bleh.gif

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Congratulations, that's wonderful news! Let us know how the ultrasound goes! Are you hoping for a boy or girl?

As for the bad news--did your employer know (or have any reason to know) you're pregnant? You might want to see a lawyer about a possible pregnancy discrimination claim.

But again, CONGRATULATIONS!

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exsupahero


Kate Spade

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congrats on the pregnancy!

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Kate Spade

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Congrats tina! But I was going to say the same thing. If you told your employer that you were pregnant then I think there are some legal issues with letting you go as it's protected? But you also say people are just starting to notice and maybe you didn't tell them but it was obvious. anyhow - Congrats on the 2nd trimester!

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Yay!  The child will be for the rest of your life but the job, eh, here's to hoping you will find something better anyway!

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Dizzy


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Congratulations!


And I agree - I really hope you look into that pregnancy discrimination issue.

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Claudia


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Congratulations on your pregnancy!

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Congratulations on your pregnancy!

Bummer on the job, and I ditto esquiress...

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tina242


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Well the whole entire building is shut down, so there is no way it was discrimination b/c there are a handful of others who are also pregnant or their wife just had a baby.  The timing of the layoff has to do w/ the economy and the fact that they did the last layoff a year ago.

At least I'm getting paid until mid-March; too bad my due date is March 29th.  I'll be on my husband's insurance though.  Sucks that his is twice as expensive as mine!

I'm going to the doc on Thursday; we have no preference on the gender whatsoever.  Both ones have their pluses & minuses :).

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Congratulations again and keep us updated!

Super-quick FYI though, for you or anyone you know---there's no doubt that many companies are laying off a lot of their work force, closing whole branches, etc. If you are a victim of a lay-off please make sure to ask the following questions:

1. If they tell me my position is being eliminated, is it really? Who is going to be doing my duties then?

2. If my whole branch is shutting down as opposed to another branch across town, why mine? Are there more women in mine? More minorities? More workers over 40?

Here's the thing about discrimination--it doesn't have to be intentional to be unlawful. If a company's lay-off just happens to affect its entire female work force (just an example), that is a form of disparate impact discrimination--when a practice is neutral on its face but discriminatory in effect.

Anyway, I've been doing disparate impact analyses for the past month so I'm kind of mired in this stuff. If none of it is applicable, by all means, disregard :)

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Yeah congrats!!!! sorry to hear about your job but iam sure everything will work out

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