It began with a request to skip heavy lifting and ended in a federal lawsuit
A pregnant store worker asked for two days off during a medical scare, the EEOC says - and her employer fired her instead.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on August 28, 2026 sued Family Dollar Stores of North Carolina, accusing the retailer of refusing to accommodate a pregnant worker and then firing her when she sought time off for pregnancy complications.
The worker joined the company's Greenville, North Carolina store as a part-time customer service representative in November 2024, according to the complaint filed in federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina. In December, the filing says, she went to the emergency room with vaginal bleeding and told her store manager she was pregnant.
From there, the EEOC alleges, the manager began making negative remarks. After the worker asked to skip loading heavy delivery pallets, the complaint says the manager replied, “I guess,” and added, “I can already see that you are going to be dramatic because of your pregnancy.” When the worker later showed a colleague her swollen legs, the filing says the manager cut in: “Oh, you’re gonna be one of those pregnant people. It’s not even that bad.”
The complaint describes the weeks that followed. The worker had severe morning sickness and often needed the restroom mid-shift, the EEOC says, sometimes having to find someone to cover the register first. On one shift, according to the filing,...
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