Human rights panel rules against Paris eatery
The Maine Human Rights Commission has ruled that there is reason to believe the now-closed Shaner’s Family Restaurant in Paris discriminated against a waitress who was removed from the work schedule when she was pregnant.
The Sun Journal reported that the panel made the ruling Monday, saying it had cause to believe that Samantha Blom’s rights were violated when she was placed on involuntary maternity leave. Blom was placed on leave a couple months before the restaurant closed in 2014, which made her ineligible for unemployment benefits.
The restaurant’s owner, Jack Shaner, is denying that he discriminated against Blom, saying that he placed her on leave out of concern for her health, according an investigator’s report. However, the investigator said because Shaner had received no written documentation regarding Blom’s health, he did not “have sufficient information to conclude that [Blom] could not perform her work duties in a safe manner.”
The ruling could pave the way for Blom to sue her former employer, though the two parties could reach a settlement through conciliation hearings before then.
Source: Sun Journal
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