Former Walmart employee files complaint over discrimination against pregnant workers

Former Walmart employee files complaint over discrimination against pregnant workers
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Candis Riggins, a former Walmart employee, filed a federal complaint against the company on Wednesday. Riggins claims that Walmart discriminated against pregnant workers, including herself.

Riggins, who provided her full complaint to The Daily Beast, said that her Laurel, Maryland, Walmart location refused to move her off cleaning duties when the chemicals made her nauseous. The store, she told the Beast, moved a coworker with a back injury to accommodate his needs. And when Walmart eventually allowed her to greet customers, rather than clean bathrooms, they forbade her from sitting down at a stool, though injured greeters were allowed to sit down.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.