Legal Question in Employment Law in Massachusetts
Termination due to Pregnancy
I was hired as a secretary in a medical office of 5 personel and have since become the doctor and his wife's daycare provider as well. It was not ever a part of what i was hiered for but out of generousity i have been helping them...they now look at me as more a child provider than a office personal although they pay me as office personel. Can they fire me because I am pregnant and no longer will be performing there child care duties? Do they have that legal right if i was not hired as their nanny?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Termination due to Pregnancy
You can not be fired because you are pregnant by any employer who has five or more employees. Contact the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination in Boston
Re: Termination due to Pregnancy
You cannot be fired because you are pregnant. However, at-will employees can be fired at any time, for any reason, or no reason at all provided that it is not based on discriminatory reasons, or would otherwise violate a public policy (such as in retaliation for your doing something that you have a legal right to do, or refraining from doing something you have a legal obligation not to do).
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