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droe77
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North Carolina
Hi,
My wife works for a nursing home in North Carolina and just found out that she's about 8 weeks pregnant. Her doctor has told her that she may not lift more than 20-30 pounds while pregnant.
She is/was a Certified Nurse's Assistant, and upon telling her Director of Nursing, she was told that her employee could no longer employ her under that constraint, that there was no light duty for her to do for the duration ofher pregnancy, and that she needed to sign a resignation form stating that she was resigining for medical reasons/pregnancy.
My first though on this was that my wife made a crucial error by signing this form. I'm afraid that this form with her signature basically makes it appear as though she voluntarily resigned, and that there's no indication she was told she couldn't work there anymore.
1) Can her employer do that?
2) Did her signature on said form void any claim she may have been able to make?
Hi,
My wife works for a nursing home in North Carolina and just found out that she's about 8 weeks pregnant. Her doctor has told her that she may not lift more than 20-30 pounds while pregnant.
She is/was a Certified Nurse's Assistant, and upon telling her Director of Nursing, she was told that her employee could no longer employ her under that constraint, that there was no light duty for her to do for the duration ofher pregnancy, and that she needed to sign a resignation form stating that she was resigining for medical reasons/pregnancy.
My first though on this was that my wife made a crucial error by signing this form. I'm afraid that this form with her signature basically makes it appear as though she voluntarily resigned, and that there's no indication she was told she couldn't work there anymore.
1) Can her employer do that?
2) Did her signature on said form void any claim she may have been able to make?
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