August 16, 2024
Shout-out to lawyers at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll and Gilbert Employment Law who secured a $45 million settlement from Customs and Border Protection on behalf of 1,000 employees who claimed the agency discriminated against pregnant workers. Plaintiffs initially filed the lawsuit in 2016 with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They claimed CBP forced pregnant employees onto light duty, which often included worse schedules and no overtime. The class is represented by Joseph Sellers, Phoebe Wolfe, Harini Srinivasan and Megan Reif of Cohen Milstein and Gary Gilbert, Shannon Leary, Cori Cohen and Rachel Petro of Gilbert Employment Law.