Show ' fk V' t A16 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday October 5 2003 M NEW YORK (AP)— When Elizabeth Jaquith felt the sharp pain of contractions with 10 weeks still to go before her due date a doctor instructed her to stay home for the rest of the pregnancy Jaquith already worked from home as a saleswoman for an Atlantic City N J hotel She figured she'd be able to continue in her job — until she called her supervisor A day later she was fired ‘Til never forget that day because it was devastating" Jaquith says recalling the January 2002 dismissal “I losj 'V my career” Jaquith 's account typifies a surge in complaints by working women who charge employers with discriminating against them because they were pregnant Pregnancy discrimination complaints nationwide jumped 10 percent last year to just over 4700 cases according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission That continues a long-tertrend with such complaints up nearly 40 percent since 1992 The increase is partly a symptom of widespread lay- offs say lawyers enforcement officials and workers’ advocates Job cuts also appear to have fueled a rise in other discrimination complaints like those of age bias which increased 14 percent last year ' But other forces may also be at work “It’s really a confluence of factors coming together" said David Grinherg a spokesman for the EEOC “More women are in the workplace' every : year More women are assum ing higher levels of authority and there is increased sensitivity to these worklife issues and more women are aware of m A their rights” Whether employers are discriminating more in a downturn is hard to say Eve Markewich a New York attorney who represents ' employers in discrimination - ' cases rejects the suggestion Pregnancy discrimination rises Nationwide' pfegnancy ! Court ruled in favor of General Electric Co in a suit filed by female employees They had challenged GE’s policy of providing disability pay to workers sidelined by sickness or injury — while explicitly exempting pregnancy Widespread criticism of the ruling helped spur Congress to pass the Pregnancy Discrimination Act in 1978 which ban employer prejudice in hiring firing or treatment of women who are expecting a child The law applies to companies with at least IS workers Some experts say blatant discrimination has given way to more subtle bias with pressure still on women not to have children if they want to pursue careers The rise in formal to the EEOC is “probably the tip of the iceberg” Frye said since most workers who believe they’ve been discriminated keep quiet because such cases can be expensive to pursue difficult to prove and K ji wCrtfnniBlKtfi C8S68 110198900 by 10 percent last year and are up 40 percent In the past decade Charges filed MOO 4714- - 3385 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 SOURCE: US Equal Emptoymanl Opportunity Commiaaion AP that pregnancy bias is increasing Instead increased complaints reflect the attitudes of a new generation of working women higher paid and better educated than their predecessors with more at stake when they lose a job Workers also are increasingly conscious of their ability to sue for per--' ceived discrimination she said The shaky economy has exacerbated the situation as ' companies try to cope with that sometimes pressures forces them to choose which employees to keep on the payroll said Will Hannum an Andover Mass attorney who represents employers in labor com-plain- AP photo Jennifer James 24 holds her daughter Jaidyn 21 months on her lap In West Islip NY Sept 17 James contends she was unfairly dismissed from John Harvard’s Brew House a Braintree Mass-base- d chain after telling the chain's regional manager she was pregnant A lawyer for the company Brian Leary says James was not fired but simply stopped showing up for work : discouraged female flight particularly about mothers in attendants from staying on the the workforce and I think matters'' those stereotypes die very job once they were older or “If you’re pregnant or if hard” said Jocelyn Frye pregnant you’re disabled you’ve got director of legal and public Bias was less explicit in rights but as an employer try- ' policy at the National Partner- - other professions but the ing to respect those rights ship for Women & Families message was still clear labor while running a business can an advocacy group historians say be a real challenge and it may 1940s many the Up “There Was just this sense v through be that employers are getting ' school districts barred women when you got pregnant that he said tripped up on that” from continuing as teachers had to leave your you just dif-Worker advocates see it : once they married As late as’ said Dorothy Sue Cobr job” ferently Women may be more the 1970s some districts did ble of labor stud- a professor willing to use the law but not allow pregnant women to ies and at history Rutgers only because employers conteach It was much the same at University “It's amazing how tinue to ignore the law and act ' much things have changed” many airlines which actively based on outdated notions : about a mother’s ability to do a job they say City Logon 2002 Annual “The root cause sort of Prinking Water Quality Report stems from longstanding The City of Logan has sent out stereotypes about women and '' ' of ELK FESTIVAL 1 1 9 am-- 3 Saturday October Blacksmith pm Fork Canyon Hardware Ranch Celebrate Utah’s Rocky Mountain Elk at Hardware Ranch's Annual ElkFestivaL Fun Family Activities Throughout The Day For All Ages! 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Securities and Advisory Services Offered Through LinscoPrivate Ledger Mrmhrr nascvsipc Registered Investment Advisor ts emotionally draining But more women like Jaquith are coming forward Her allegations are contained in a lawsuit die EEOC filed in early September against the Tropicana Resort & Casino owned by Aztar Corp The hotel would not comment on the case because it is a matter of pending litigation vice president and corporate : the 2002 Annual Drinking Call Hardware Ranch at counsel Nicholas Moles said through a spokeswoman Jaquith who is 32 and lives The issue reached a boil in 1976 when the Supreme Judge's " in Lancaster Pa was hired as a regional leisure sales man- ager in October of 2001 She says she told die manager she was pregnant before taking the job and was assured it wasn’t a problem In January she was hospitalized for two days after going labor and an into pre-ter- m obstetrician recommended home rest She called to tell her immediate supervisor who called back the next day with the manager who’d hired Jaquith The manager told her she was fired Jaquith says she pressed the manager askipg if her : was the reason “I’m not going to get into a pissing match with you” she' says the manager told her before citing a “lack of per- fotmance” for the dismissal In another suit filed by the EEOC in August in federal district court in New York a former restaurant worker Jennifer James contends she was dismissed from a job with the John Harvard’s Brew House chain because of her pregnanpreg-nan- cy- A lawyer for the Braintree d company Brian Janies was not said Leary fired but rather had stopped showing up for work “This EEOC action is sur- prising unfounded and factually flawed” Leary said Mass-base- SAMPLE BALLOT Initial — Official Primary Ballot for Hyrum City Utah October 72003 id 'dite&u TO VOTERS: To vote for a candidate placa a cross (X) In the equate following Me namafa) of the paraon(a) you favor aa tha candldatafa) for each respective otnea INSTRUCTIONS cy |