Trader Joe's accused of pregnancy discrimination, retaliation in federal lawsuit
A former Trader Joe’s employee is accusing the grocery chain of pregnancy discrimination and retaliation in a federal suit filed in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. A former Trader Joe’s employee is accusing the grocery chain of pregnancy discrimination and retaliation in a federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, alleging mistreatment and claiming that a change in the company's health insurance policy led to her coverage being wrongly revoked after she went on maternity leave. Julia Hammer, 42, began her employment as a full-time employee at Trader Joe’s Lower East Side location in Manhattan on October 19, 2018, and was transferred upon her request in April 2021 – shortly before giving birth – to the grocery chain’s Long Island City location in Queens, according to the complaint obtained by ABC News. Hammer claims in the lawsuit that upon returning to work from maternity leave in August 2021, her employer failed to provide her with a...