Legal rights and protections of pregnant and working mothers

Attorney Christina Coleman explains the various legal rights and protections that pregnant and working mothers have in the workplace
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Legal rights and protections of pregnant and working mothers

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The FMLA is only one type of protection that pregnant women have, that working mothers have. It has a threshold of 50 persons, which is a pretty high threshold. Most of the other legislation that offers protection have a much lower threshold. For example, the Civil Rights Acts Title 7 and Pregnancy Discrimination Act, have a threshold of 15 persons. It's much better to get protection. It's much easier to get protections under these types of legislation. Similarly, most states have a comparable or similar law to the FMLA which might have lower employee restrictions. Whatever it is, if you are covered by your state laws, you're still entitled to protection from discrimination. You might not be entitled to unpaid leave and job protection. However, if they give leave for other types of disabilities, they cannot give it to you because you're pregnant. You do have a type of job protection in that sense.

Attorney Christina Coleman explains the various legal rights and protections that pregnant and working mothers have in the workplace

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Christina Coleman

Attorney & Mother of a Diabetic

Christina M. Coleman, a California native, was admitted to practice law in 1997. As in-house Corporate Counsel for a family of Internet/Telecommunications Companies, she oversaw all litigation and some corporate matters. In 2000, Ms. Coleman's outstanding track record caused her to join a plaintiff's litigation firm focusing on catastrophic injury (financial and physical) cases. While at this firm, Ms. Coleman met Lisa L. Maki where they co-counseled in a few high-profile cases. As a result, they became fast friends in their pursuit of justice for their clients.

Ms. Coleman is a highly skilled litigator and negotiator who has been the key to obtaining multi-million dollar jury trials and settlements, including a 7.2 million dollar jury verdict for an individual and company in Orange County, California. In March 2006, Ms. Coleman and Ms. Maki joined forces and Ms. Coleman is the firm's senior litigator and negotiator. In this role, she continues to represent plaintiffs in their struggle for justice and fairness in the workplace and in the corporate arena.

Ms. Coleman has lectured for the Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, and has been published in the Advocate. She has also served on the editorial board for an employment related treatise for James Publishing. Ms. Coleman was Consumer Attorneys of California’s finalist nominee for Consumer Attorney of the Year in 2008, and finalist nominee for Streetfighter of the Year in 2010. 

A member of the California Bar, Ms. Coleman graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (BA 1993) and University of San Diego School of Law (JD. 1997). Ms. Coleman currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two young daughters, and proudly participates in many legal and bar organizations

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