What is the name of your state?
Indiana
I work (or did, until yesterday) at a private preschool in Indiana. We service about 120 families, and there are 3 teachers, 2 aides, and an office manager employed during the school year, which lasts from September thru June. My boss has always been extremely supportive of my struggle to have a family over the last year, even offering to leave space in her new office for a crib so that I could continue to work after having a baby. Over the summer, I finally became pregnant, and she was "overjoyed" for me. I am currently just shy of 8 weeks along. Yesterday, she called me to let me know that she "took a look at your (my) attendance record from last year, and with your pregnancy, I know it will be worse this year, so I'm not offering you a postion with us this year." This came completely out of the blue. It is August 9th, and the school year starts in less than 3 weeks.
Seems to me that I was directly fired for being pregnant. My attendance record from last year was not filled with excessive absences, nor did I ever recieve any kind of written or verbal warning about any sick days. I was actually never reprimanded for anything, neither verbally or written, although I was often praised for my job performance. In fact, another teacher who very often called in sick, or stayed home to be with her sick children was offered her job back this year.
On top of this, I found out that my boss' sister, who is also a teacher in another school district, just lost her job, and it is rumored that she will have my classroom next year. And, my boss informed two of the parents last week that I had quit because I am pregnant, which is absolutely false.
What can I do? I would love to have my job back, but if I can't, am I elegible for unemployment? I had planned on working throughout my pregnancy due to financial constraints. Without an income, I'm in trouble!
Thank you for any advice!
Indiana
I work (or did, until yesterday) at a private preschool in Indiana. We service about 120 families, and there are 3 teachers, 2 aides, and an office manager employed during the school year, which lasts from September thru June. My boss has always been extremely supportive of my struggle to have a family over the last year, even offering to leave space in her new office for a crib so that I could continue to work after having a baby. Over the summer, I finally became pregnant, and she was "overjoyed" for me. I am currently just shy of 8 weeks along. Yesterday, she called me to let me know that she "took a look at your (my) attendance record from last year, and with your pregnancy, I know it will be worse this year, so I'm not offering you a postion with us this year." This came completely out of the blue. It is August 9th, and the school year starts in less than 3 weeks.
Seems to me that I was directly fired for being pregnant. My attendance record from last year was not filled with excessive absences, nor did I ever recieve any kind of written or verbal warning about any sick days. I was actually never reprimanded for anything, neither verbally or written, although I was often praised for my job performance. In fact, another teacher who very often called in sick, or stayed home to be with her sick children was offered her job back this year.
On top of this, I found out that my boss' sister, who is also a teacher in another school district, just lost her job, and it is rumored that she will have my classroom next year. And, my boss informed two of the parents last week that I had quit because I am pregnant, which is absolutely false.
What can I do? I would love to have my job back, but if I can't, am I elegible for unemployment? I had planned on working throughout my pregnancy due to financial constraints. Without an income, I'm in trouble!
Thank you for any advice!
