AT&T to Face Second Class Pregnancy Suit Over Attendance Rules

A worker at an AT&T Mobility store in Indiana may add classwide claims to her lawsuit alleging the company’s attendance policy for sales employees discriminates based on pregnancy, a federal judge ruled.

AT&T didn’t oppose Katia Hills’ motion to further amend her complaint in the case, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana said Dec. 4 in granting the motion.

Hills originally sued in July 2017 alleging she was unfairly assigned points under the company’s “Sales Attendance Guidance” policy for absences incurred in connection with a difficult pregnancy and then fired upon her return from maternity leave ...