EEOC Resolves Pregnancy Bias Charges With Two Florida Companies

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recovered a total of $135,000 for pregnant employees at two different companies based in Florida, who were fired after requesting accommodations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the agency said in a statement.

The EEOC successfully conciliated a discrimination charge filed against Brandt Information Services, Inc., a Tallahassee-based technology solutions company. Brandt terminated an employee in November 2023 after she requested two-and-a-half months of unpaid leave as an accommodation, which the EEOC said was in violation of the PWFA.

Brandt will pay $100,000 and implement a new policy allowing leave requests as reasonable accommodations ...