PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT SETTLED

Released on January 26, 1998

Donna Scott, Chief Commissioner/Director of the Saskatchewan Human

Rights Commission, today announced the settlement of a pregnancy

discrimination complaint that paid Lynette Hayworth of Melfort $2,000

in compensation.



Hayworth filed a complaint with the Commission in May 1994, alleging

that her employer wouldn't let her return to work after her pregnancy.



Hayworth was a waitress at the Treeline Hotel in Hudson Bay from

September 1992 to February 1993. At that time the hotel was owned by

R&H Mohl Holdings.



Hayworth went on maternity and parental leave in February 1993. She

told the Commission that when she wanted to return to work in August

supervisor Carol Kozak told her no work was available. Hayworth said

when she checked again in October she was again told no work was

available even though another waitress had been hired.



Both R&H Mohl Holdings and Kozak agreed to the settlement without

admission of liability.



The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code prohibits discrimination on the

basis of sex, which includes pregnancy discrimination.



"If a woman is denied continued employment that is, she is not

allowed to return to work after an absence that is necessitated

because of pregnancy that is discrimination because of her

sex," Scott said.



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Note: In Commission records, the complainant is referred to as

Lynette Nicholson, the name she was using at the time she filed

her complaint.





For more information, contact:



Donna Scott

Chief Commissioner/Director

Human Rights Commission

Saskatoon

Phone: (306) 933-3952



Donalda Ford

Assistant Director

Human Rights Commission

Regina

Phone: (306) 787-2530