Washington AG Office filing lawsuit against O'Reilly Auto Parts

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The Washington Attorney General's Office is filing a lawsuit against O'Reilly Auto Parts, accusing them of discrimination and retaliation against their pregnant employees.

The lawsuit claims that O'Reilly the company practice unlawfully refused their pregnant workers of reasonable workplace accommodations, which includes "the ability to sit or rest, limit how much they lift or handle hazardous materials, allow flexibility for restroom breaks and pump breastmilk for their newborn babies after returning to work postpartum."

The lawsuit also alleges that O'Reilly managers routinely retaliated against the women who sought them by demoting them, threatening to terminate their employment and forcing them to take unpaid leave or quit.

The lawsuit claims that 22 people suffered as a result of O'Reilly's actions.

The AG's Office opened the investigation after getting two complaints from pregnant employees. The AG's Office says there were 134 requests for pregnancy accommodations were made in Washington between January 2019 and February 2023. The AG's Office says O'Reilly was "unresponsive and uncooperative."

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There's literally no work to do at an auto parts store if you can't handle chemicals and heavyweight. What about maternity leave?

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O'Riley's auto parts f.. ked up big with this. Not only are they being sued but they also have lost massive contracts with 2 huge car dealerships that I personally know of. They lost parts contracts with our Local Kia Dealership and Guss Johnson Dealership. Guss Johnson Dealership owns 15 dealerships in my city. Every new and used car dealership downtown in my city is owned by Guss Johnson and there is 4 Kia Dealerships in my county there is like 36 Guss Johnson Dealerships in my county also. So O'Rileys lost millions in yearly sales just from the 2 companies because of this. I hope it hurts O'Riley auto parts bad. Discrimination and racism has NO place in today's life and never should have existed but unfortunately it does.

Justinperrine