Fred Meyer Facing Federal Discrimination Suit Over Treatment of Two Pregnant Employees

When Samantha Pennington was about three months pregnant in July 2023, she met with her manager and a human resources representative at the Fred Meyer store in Vancouver, Washington, where she worked.

Pennington was given a warning for previously missing shifts, which she explained was due to pregnancy. She offered to get a note from her doctor, but her manager told her “not to bother.”

That’s according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the Portland-based grocery subsidiary Fred Meyer. 

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