'Frat culture' | Employee alleges promotion denied over pregnancy

Throughout an employee’s tenure, it is possible that they have been treated unfairly, been given less opportunity to move up the corporate ladder or discriminated against due to their gender. An issue that increasingly crops in the working world is employees who have allegedly been discriminated against for being pregnant.

With numerous cases hitting headlines recently — where a female employee has been fired for falling pregnant or not offered a promotion due to being pregnant — it’s unfortunately quite common for these issues to be raised at work, even though it is illegal.

One recent case involved a Pimco employee who filed a gender and racial discrimination lawsuit against the trillion-dollar asset manager company, reported the Financial Times. It is alleged that the female employee was passed over for promotions and denied career opportunities after becoming pregnant.

In a complaint filed on September 24 2019 in a California superior court, Andrea Martin Inokon claimed that Pimco – a global investment management firm – operated as a ‘fraternity in a perversely literal sense’, yet the firm has denied all allegations.