Pregnancy Discrimination Complaint Form

If you have experienced pregnancy discrimination in employment, the ACLU of Illinois wants to hear about it. We might be able to help.

Employees who are pregnant, post-partum, or parenting can experience discrimination in both obvious and indirect ways.

Some individuals are fired or otherwise penalized for becoming pregnant.
Some individuals are pushed out of work by being denied reasonable job modifications to protect their health during their pregnancies.
Some new parents are denied reasonable accommodations in the workplace to express (“pump”) breast milk, or to meet other family obligations, such as caring for children or other family members.

If you have experienced any of these forms of discrimination, we want to hear from you. We are collecting facts to help our advocacy – and in some cases to pursue legal action – to protect the rights of pregnant, post-partum, and parenting workers, specifically under laws requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees and job applicants who are pregnant, recovering from childbirth, or have a condition relating to pregnancy or childbirth.

Please tell us about your experience by filling out the form below. Be sure to read about our Intake Procedures before filling out this form. We receive many requests for help, so please bear with us as we try to get to your request.

The ACLU selects only a few cases among the many requests for legal assistance that we receive. We will let you know whether we can give you legal assistance; if we cannot, we will try to find another organization that may be better equipped to help. The information provided through this form will be treated as confidential, and we will not publicize your story without your permission.

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