Milwaukee Security Company Durable Contract Services Must Pay for Pregnancy Discrimination

Durable Contract Services Inc., a Milwaukee-based security company, must pay $35,000 to settle pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by employee Tenisha Yarbrough. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Chicago district office claimed the company violated a federal law when they fired Yarbrough a few days after she told her supervisor she was pregnant.

The EEOC’s lawsuit argued that the company had terminated Yarbrough even though she was willing and capable of continuing her role as a security guard at the Marcia P. Coggs Center while she was pregnant.

The parties eventually agreed on a settlement after U.S. Magistrate Judge William Callahan in Milwaukee voluntarily mediated the case. Chief U.S. District Judge Charles Clevert signed the consent decree, requiring Durable Contract Services to reimburse Tenisha Yarbrough for lost pay and compensatory damages and offer training programs for its workers about pregnancy discrimination.

Judge Clevert also prohibited the company from any future pregnancy discrimination or employee retaliation.

Scott M. Behren and the Behren Law Firm handle pregnancy discrimination cases in State and Federal Court throughout the State of Florida. Feel free to call us for a free consultation.

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I’d be interested to hear. there’s not enough here to be either in her corner or against her.
If I was pregnant, I’d want to continue working as long as I could, but I don’t think it would be a good idea to continue work as a security guard while pregnant – you run a higher risk of injuring yourself and therefore your child.

Does anyone know how it works if you’re a female police person that is on street patrol and you become pregnant? I’m just curious, because I would assume you would get re-assigned to desk duty or something so that you would not risk injuring your unborn child. Just curious..