Friday, May 6, 2016

ACLU: Annapolis firm fired woman for pregnancy – WTOP

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — An Annapolis monetary adviser claims she was terminated due to the fact that she was pregnant.

The American Civil Independences Union pointed out in a Wednesday letter who a service affiliated along with Northwestern Shared violated point out after that government anti-prejudice laws as quickly as Leslie Ann Bentley was terminated in August.

The ACLU claims Bentley’s shooting came regarding a month after she disclosed her pregnancy to her supervisors at Michael Chartos after that Associates.

Bentley submitted a complaint in September, yet it was went down due to the fact that the Maryland Commission regard Civil Civil liberties ended the service was exempt from anti-prejudice laws due to the fact that it has actually less compared to 15 employees.

The ACLU claims Bentley was an worker of the firm’s moms and dad firm Northwestern Mutual.

A Northwestern Shared spokeswoman claims the firm is checking out the allegations. Chartos didn’t respond to a demand with regard to comment.