LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A pharmacist is suing a staffing company and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, alleging she was wrongfully fired in 2020 from her job with both defendants for getting pregnant and taking leave when she had complications.
Amy Le's Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against the LASD and Rx Relief alleges wrongful termination, pregnancy discrimination and harassment, retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and failure to take all steps to prevent harassment, discrimination and retaliation.
The Woodland Hills woman seeks unspecified compensatory damages against both defendants as well as punitive damages against Rx Relief. Representatives for the LASD and Rx Relief, the plaintiff's dual employers, could not be immediately reached.
Le was hired as a pharmacist in December 2018 and was assigned to work at the LASD, the suit states. She became pregnant in about April 2019, but was harassed and discriminated against by supervisors and general employees immediately after letting them know she was expecting a child, the suit states.
Some of Le's work colleagues commented daily that she was eating too much and that everyone else had to work harder because of her condition, the suit states.
Lee took a lengthy leave of absence in the summer of 2019 because of complications related to her pregnancy and she was subjected to harassment, discrimination and retaliation when she returned in May 2020, including a change to her schedule that reduced her pay and a taking away of some of her job duties, the suit states.
Le also was denied training and told that it was âa lot of work'' to bring her back after her leave, the suit alleges.
Le's employers once again allegedly ignored her complaints of harassment and discrimination and instead fired her last August, citing the excuse of a âpoor work performance,'' the suit states.
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