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Mom Fired for Nursing Wins Sex-Bias Suit

Calif. panel rules dismissal amounts to discrimination

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 24, 2009 11:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Firing an employee for breastfeeding during her break amounts to sex discrimination, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Commission ruled last week, awarding her $41,645 in damages, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Marina Chavez was fired from her job at a Los Angeles-area taqueria...   Read full story »

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