“Woman Says Amazon Fired Her Because of Pregnancy”, 5 Jan 2015

A former employee of Amazon’s Lehigh County distribution center is suing the company, saying she was fired because the company wouldn’t accommodate her pregnancy.  She says she told her supervisor in February 2011 that she was pregnant — but was still given a verbal warning for time spent “off-task” while she experienced nausea and required frequent bathroom trips…She was terminated in April 2011, due to "low productivity" — a problem cause, she says, by Amazon's refusal to accommodate her pregnancy.  "Amazon fails and refuses to treat 'disabilities caused by pregnancy' on the same terms as it does for disabilities caused by other conditions"… Amazon's Lehigh Valley operations have attracted negative publicity before — including 2011 coverage of employees being forced to work in sweltering conditions.  Amazon has not yet responded to the lawsuit…