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[quote=Anonymous]Hey OP, I hope you come back.

You should disclose to your manager now that you are pregnant and have a appointment that will cause you to miss an hour of training. Pregnancy is a protected status under the Pregnant Workers Fairness act, and final regulations just went into effect 6/18, so a lot of people who should know about the act, don’t.

By disclosing now you trigger the applicant protections that exist, even prior to your hire, and the company can’t claim you were let go for any other performance issue without risking a hefty EEOC fine. But you only have the protect IF you disclose the pregnancy. Do not wait, do not provide a vague medical reason, you must disclose the pregnancy for the protections to kick in.

Check out the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-pregnant-workers-fairness-act

What is the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act?
Generally, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires a covered employer to provide a “reasonable accommodation” to a qualified employee’s or applicant’s known limitations related to, affected by, or arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an “undue hardship.”

The PWFA applies only to accommodations. Other laws that the EEOC enforces make it illegal to fire or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

Lots of terrible information in this thread from ridiculous boomers. Your job asked if you had any time off planned so you’d hopefully disclose something - like pregnancy- and not hire you. You did the right thing in keeping your pregnancy to yourself. Nevermind how common miscarriages are.

For all of the people who told OP she lied, you can pound sand. She’s a hourly worker in effectively a call center, that company does not care about her. All of you “ I value honesty in hiring…” are liars, you’re the same people who wouldn’t have hired her for being pregnant.[/quote]

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