- What if you were told by your employer
that you'd be fired from your job if you become pregnant?
(audience oo's)
(laughs) Well, that's what happened
to our next guest, take a look.
- He told me, long story short,
no you can't have maternity leave,
but you get two weeks paid time off,
and one week of unpaid time off,
but if you take any more days off,
you lose your job due to--
- That's a law suit. - Absenteeism.
- This is a law suit.
You can't tell a woman she can't have a baby!
This is 2019.
(audience claps and cheers)
Listen to me, listen to me.
Well, please welcome Margaret back to the show.
(audience claps and cheers)
So you resigned from the company?
- So I put in my notice with the company.
I'm still currently there
because I haven't started my other position yet.
- Okay, so what has your boss said about this resignation?
- So I went in and I sat down with him,
and I told him, look I got another job offer
and I'm gonna take it.
I explained to him I've been feeling this way
ever since he told me if I get pregnant,
I can't have my job,
and he immediately told me, no I didn't say that.
I wouldn't say something like that.
A few days later his wife brings me into her office,
and she asks me what's going on,
and I tell her, I explain to her the comment and everything,
and she goes, well he wouldn't say something like that.
Where was I at?
And I told her, you were in the office right nextdoor.
She goes, well are you sure you're not pregnant right now
because you're pretty hormonal.
(audience oo's)
(laughs)
I told her no I know for a fact I'm not
because I have to take fertility treatments
and I can't even start that
because of everything that's going on here.
- See I know he's backing up on this statement
because when you told it to me,
I don't really know law,
and I'ma tell you what I found out the law is,
but at the time I don't know the law.
So here's the law, federal law requires businesses
to provide 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave
if the company has 50 or more employees.
Now in Nevada, where you live,
it follows federal law.
- We don't have 50 employees, we have 15.
- You have 15? - Mm-hm.
- Wow, but you can file, according to my producers,
you can file for disability at that place.
- Mm-hm.
- Which would give you probably something better than--
- And I had asked about if I was to hold a disability policy
and I'm supposed to have it through my employer,
and he told me he didn't wanna do that for me.
- He's not a good guy.
Look, once again I'm not a lawyer,
but I'm pretty sure there's a lawyer
watching this show somewhere.
Matter of fact we got--
(audience claps and cheers)
(laughs)
Here's the deal,
he can't stop you from having a child.
At the end of the day, it's gonna be up to God.
You understand what I'm trying to tell you?
- Absolutely.
- See I don't want you to miss--
- [Margaret] Absolutely.
- I don't want you to miss this part right here.
(laughs)
Just get in touch with (mumbles),
talk to them about this situation right here.
Talk to him about your job situation.
'Cause when you try to figure it out yourself, it's rough.
That's the thing that prayer does for me.
It causes me not to have to figure it out.
I just go to him, lay it up there,
this is what I'd like to happen,
but you tel me what you want to happen.
And then it all worked out for me.
I think it'll work out for you.
(audience claps and cheers)
I think if you and your husband,
if y'all do that together, watch what'll happen.
Alright thank you for coming,
thank you very much. - Thank you.
- We wish you the best.
We got another Hey Steve update right after the break.
We'll be right back everybody.
(audience claps and cheers)
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