In her seventh month of pregnancy, her employer refused to continue her light duty assignment, even though a few weeks later they found light duty jobs for two other firefighters who were injured on the job. I never expected the fire department to create work that didn't need to be done, but they didn't try hard enough to find work that I could do. All I want is the chance to continue to do my job, to do as much as I can for the department, while still protecting myself and my baby. Ramirez is currently pregnant with her second child and things are going much better with her department now. They are currently accommodating her with light duty work such as providing training about emergency medical procedures and doing business inspections.
Discrimination has no place in a just society.
For California to succeed in the global economy, we must ensure that employees are judged by their ability to do the work and not on their gender or disability.