TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) has obtained a $195,000 settlement on behalf of a former corporate marketing director who alleged she was retaliated against – and ultimately fired – for taking pregnancy-related family leave time available to her under State law and seeking a reasonable accommodation related to breastfeeding.
The settlement resolves the ex-employee’s claim that her employer—VCNY Home, a North Bergen-based manufacturer and importer of bedding, bath textiles and other products for the home—violated both the New Jersey Family Leave Act and the Law Against Discrimination in its treatment of her.
In addition to the monetary payment to cover lost wages, emotional distress, and punitive damages, the settlement requires VCNY to ensure its employees are advised of their rights to accommodations related to breastfeeding and pregnancy, and to provide anti-discrimination training for all human resources employees, supervisors, managers and owners, among other reforms.
“In New Jersey, we are committed to protecting the right of workers to have both a job and a family,” said Acting Attorney General Platkin. “No one should be forced to choose between having children and earning a living. Today’s settlement should serve as a reminder to employers to take their workers’ rights seriously, and that we will continue to take action to ensure those rights are protected.”
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