Ingraham's former personal assistant sues over alleged pregnancy discrimination
BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 04/20/18 03:24 PM EDT
The former personal assistant to Fox News host Laura Ingraham is suing her former employer for alleged pregnancy discrimination.
Karolina Wilson filed a lawsuit against Ingraham and Ingraham Media Group in D.C. Superior Court last month, alleging pregnancy discrimination in violation of the D.C. Human Rights Act, the District of Columbia Protecting Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2014 and the D.C. Family and Medical Leave Act. Attorneys for Ingraham have sought to dismiss the suit.
Wilson alleges in the lawsuit, first reported by The Washington Post, that after she informed Ingraham of her pregnancy in March 2017, she “observed Ingraham becoming distant and angry with her work performance.”
She also said that after she asked the company about its maternity leave policy, she was asked to start working “from home immediately or one week after giving birth.”
She alleges that the company told her that they wouldn’t be able to have her out for eight weeks of leave, and that she should commit to working from home two or three weeks after giving birth.
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