# Santa Clara County Pregnancy Discrimination Lawyer > Not reinstated after maternity leave, pregnancy not accommodated, harassed over being pregnant, restricts violated lawyer Source: https://sivalleylaborlawyer.com/pregnancy-discrimination/ Firm: Employment Lawyers Group — employee-side employment lawyers since 1993. Serving Santa Clara County, California. Phone: (877) 525-0700 (calling is the fastest way to reach the legal team) Office: 111 N. Market St, #300, San Jose, CA 95113 Contact form: https://sivalleylaborlawyer.com/contact/ Consultations are free and confidential; cases are taken on contingency. --- Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuits Lawsuits for workplace pregnancy [discrimination](https://joblawyer.net/discrimination/) often fall into the following categories: - Pregnant employees are not reinstated to their jobs[following maternity leave](https://joblawyer.net/ca-family-rights-act-claims/) - Pregnant employees are harassed on the basis of their pregnancies - The employer will not abide by pregnancy related medical restrictions prescribed by doctors # Reinstatement Rights Following Pregnancy Related Leaves Of Absence Pregnant women must be reinstated to the same position they had before maternity leave, or a comparable position. Employers actually have the burden of proving why the employee was not reinstated following their leave of absence for pregnancy related conditions. Basically, the employer must show by a preponderance of the evidence the employee would not have had the job upon coming back to their job had they never been pregnant and received the job accommodations they received for their pregnancy. Typical scenarios involving a failure to reinstate a woman include claims of layoffs, job eliminations, or discoveries of poor job performance while the employee was on leave. Our workplace pregnancy discrimination lawyers have dealt with all of these scenarios, and won. **Harassment On The Basis Of Pregnancy** [Firm founder, Karl Gerber](https://joblawyer.net/karl-gerber/), won a pregnancy harassment case before a Los Angeles jury, and his client was awarded punitive damages when her supervisor told her: 1. She got pregnant at the wrong time; 2. When the employee showed her supervisor a doctor’s note prescribing a 10 pound lifting restriction the supervisor told the pregnant employee she would have to learn how to do all types of work while pregnant or she would be a useless woman and her baby would be useless; 3. notwithstanding a doctor’s note the supervisor told the pregnant employee to throw out a piece of sweat bread and otherwise would not allow her to eat when she felt the need due to her pregnancy; 4. The supervisor asked who the father of the baby was and suggested the employee should not have the baby perhaps because she was not married; 5. repeat refusals to abide by pregnancy related lifting restrictions; 6. The supervisor said, "What is the point of you working if you won't be doing the work. If your baby gets miscarried, that's your problem;" 7. When she asked numerous supervisors if she could do her work while seated she was told she would have to wait for an answer; 8. A subordinate supervisor drew a zero and said that was what the pregnant employee was while she had pregnancy related work restrictions. The above Los Angeles jury trial is an example of a case in which the employer refused to abide by pregnancy related medical restrictions. Because the case settled for a confidential sum after the jury found punitive damages, we cannot share its value. In a similar pregnancy harassment case in which a warehouse worker was asked to violate her pregnancy related restrictions, Karl Gerber, obtained a settlement of approximately $333,668 in present cash value. **Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination Case Results:** - **VASQUEZ jury verdict on [PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION](https://worklawyerca.com/vasquez-v-del-rio/)** - **$333,668 present cash value for settlement for pregnancy harassment of a Los Angeles warehouse worker** - **$138,195 present cash value of settlement for a Hollywood advertising executive generally mistreated due to pregnancy** - **$127,138 present cash value for a staffing agency employee whose job was not held open while she was on pregnancy leave** **[CLICK HERE TO READ OUR WINNING COURT OF APPEAL DECISIONS ON PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION FOR LORENA ALAMO](https://joblawyer.net/lorena-vs-alamo/)** **[CLICK HERE TO READ OUR WINNING COURT OF APPEAL DECISIONS ON PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION FOR CRISTINA VASQUEZ](https://joblawyer.net/christina-vasquez/)** Call [(877) 525-0700](tel:8775250700) for a confidential [confidential conversation](https://worklawyerca.com/free-labor-lawyer-consultation/) with an experienced pregnancy discrimination law firm who has actually prevailed in trial and arbitration in numerous pregnancy discrimination cases. Representing employees on a contingency since 1993. In Los Angeles County, offices in Gardena, downtown Los Angeles, and Sherman Oaks. We also have offices in Tustin, Oxnard, Bakersfield, San Diego, Riverside, and Northern California (Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Jose) **Call [(877) 525-0700](tel:8775250700) for a confidential conversation with a top California wrongful termination lawyer** ## Our Firm: No Upfront Fees or Costs ### Contingency Fee Representation All employment cases for employees are taken on a **contingency basis**. We are only paid a fee **when and if we win** your case, and we **advance all litigation costs**. Our goal is to make expert legal representation accessible to every hardworking employee. ### Serving Santa Clara County We have proudly served all of Santa Clara County since 1993. Ready to discuss your case? 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He has represented a wide range of employees throughout California. Mr. Gerber has won **51 of the binding arbitrations and jury trials** he first chaired, and a number of his appeals are published. This deep trial experience is the foundation of the firm's strategic approach to litigation. The employment attorneys employed by the Employment Lawyers Group have worked at the firm well in excess of five years, have also tried many different labor cases, and have all been **extensively trained on employment and wrongful termination law by Karl Gerber**. [Meet Karl Gerber](https://worklawyerca.com/karl-gerber/) ## Ready to Discuss Your Case? Your rights as an employee matter. Submit a contact form and we'll get back to you. Submit A Contact Form [Call (877) 525-0700 Now](tel:8775250700)