PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION
Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace: West Virginia and Ohio
Finding out you are pregnant should be a time of anticipation, not anxiety about losing your job. Yet pregnancy discrimination remains widespread — employers fire, demote, refuse to hire, deny promotions to, and push out pregnant employees and new mothers at alarming rates. Federal and state laws provide strong protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace, and those protections have expanded significantly in recent years. At Klie Law Offices, our employment law attorneys represent workers throughout West Virginia and Ohio who have experienced pregnancy discrimination and help them enforce their rights and recover damages.
We handle pregnancy discrimination cases from our offices in Buckhannon, Clarksburg, Morgantown, Parkersburg, and Canton, Ohio.
Laws That Protect Pregnant Workers
Title VII and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Reasonable accommodations under the PWFA may include more frequent or longer breaks, permission to sit or stand as needed, modified schedules for prenatal appointments, temporary reassignment to less strenuous duties, light duty assignments, temporary suspension of certain job requirements, time off for recovery from childbirth, and telework when feasible. The employer must engage in an interactive process with the employee to identify effective accommodations and cannot require the employee to take paid or unpaid leave if another reasonable accommodation is available.
The Family and Medical Leave Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act
West Virginia Human Rights Act
Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4112
Common Forms of Pregnancy Discrimination
Adverse Employment Actions
Failure to Accommodate
Forced Leave
Hiring Discrimination
Hostile Work Environment
Client Reviews
Pregnancy Discrimination and Retaliation
Building a Pregnancy Discrimination Case
Comparator evidence — showing that the employer treated similarly situated non-pregnant employees more favorably — is often critical in pregnancy discrimination cases. If your employer provided light duty for employees with workplace injuries but denied it to you during pregnancy, that disparity is powerful evidence of discrimination.
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Damages in Pregnancy Discrimination Cases
Why Choose Klie Law Offices
Pregnancy discrimination cases often involve the intersection of multiple federal and state laws — the PDA, PWFA, FMLA, ADA, and state human rights acts — each with its own requirements, protections, and remedies. At Klie Law Offices, our employment law team has extensive experience navigating this complex legal landscape and building strong cases for pregnant employees and new mothers in both West Virginia and Ohio. We fight to hold employers accountable and to recover the full damages our clients deserve.
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Office Locations
Buckhannon
Buckhannon, WV 26201
Parkersburg
Parkersburg, WV 26101
Clarksburg
Clarksburg, WV 26301
Morgantown
102, Morgantown, WV 26508
Canton, OH
Suite 606
Canton OH, 44718
The first thing you’ll notice when you come to our Law Offices is that we’ll listen to your story. We want to know what you’re going through and what you need. Then, we’ll explain how West Virginia law applies to your specific situation and what your legal options are. There are no cookie-cutter answers here. We create a legal strategy tailored to each client’s individual needs.
Depending on your situation, we will find the right path forward. We are adept at resolving your legal matters through negotiation and mediation whenever possible. But we also won’t hesitate to take your case to trial if that’s what it takes to get the best possible outcome for you.
If you’re facing a legal challenge and need someone in your corner, don’t wait to get the help you deserve. Contact Klie Law Offices today to schedule a confidential consultation and take the first step toward a solution that works for you.

























