Sample Charges: Pregnancy & PWFA

Description

Pregnancy discrimination can mean being demoted or fired after sharing your news, denied a simple accommodation like a stool or a water bottle, or pushed out of opportunities once you are showing. Recent protections make accommodations clearer than ever, and a precise charge puts them to work.

These four (4) samples illustrate how to write your particular charge in various contexts:

• 1 Pretext + Comparator Sample
• 1 Pretext Only Sample
• 1 Comparator Only Sample
• 1 Retaliation Sample

You will see real-format example charges for pregnancy discrimination and denied accommodations, built on the EEOC’s structure and written the way an experienced employment attorney would: a clear timeline, the accommodation or treatment at issue, and framing that ties it to your protected status.

Use it to learn the detail and structure that make a charge credible. It is an illustrative example for guidance and education, not legal advice and not a form to file as written. A Charge of Discrimination is signed under penalty of perjury, so your charge must be truthful and in your own words. Learn the model, then tell your story.