US EditionHer Employer Wouldn't Let Her Work From Home While Pregnant — She Lost Her Baby and Sued for $22.5M
Hamilton County jury awarded $22.5 million after ruling TQL's refusal to allow remote work during high-risk pregnancy caused infant's premature birth and death.
- On March 18, a Hamilton County jury ordered Total Quality Logistics to pay $22.5 million after finding TQL responsible for the infant's death during a high-risk pregnancy.
- Chelsea Walsh had an early-February 2021 procedure that classified her high-risk, her doctors ordered modified bed rest and remote work, and she requested the accommodation on Feb. 15, 2021.
- Late on Feb. 23 or early Feb. 24, TQL received a call from a third party, then allowed Walsh to work from home; she was hospitalized at Bethesda North Hospital and delivered at 20 weeks, six days, with Magnolia dying about 90 minutes later.
- The jury, comprised of five women and three men, found TQL negligent; Matthew Metzger called it 'This is a heartbreaking out come for a young family.'
- The lawsuit highlights that TQL had allowed remote work during 2020 and some employees continued remote arrangements, raising questions about its accommodation practices at this major Cincinnati-area freight broker with 9,000 employees and more than $6 billion in revenue.
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Firm Must Pay $22.5M To Woman Whose Baby Died After Work-From-Home Request Denial
An Ohio company was ordered to pay $22.5 million to a woman whose baby died after her company denied her request to work from home during a high-risk pregnancy.Per NBC News, Chelsea Walsh requested to work from home beginning on February 15, 2021, for her job with Total Quality Logistics, but was denied. Walsh had just undergone an operation on her cervix when she made the request and was recommended to be put on bed rest due to the high risk na…
In 2021, when she was pregnant and was living a difficult pregnancy, an American employee had been forced by her employer to work on site or take unpaid leave, despite a request for telework. She had just won several million euros in court.
Mom denied work-from-home request during high-risk pregnancy awarded $22.5M after newborn died
An Ohio-based company that initially balked at granting a mom’s request to work from home during a high-risk pregnancy has been found liable for the newborn’s death and ordered on Wednesday to pay $22.5 million in damages. Chelsea Walsh, according to her lawsuit, made the work-from-home request with Total Quality Logistics on Feb. 15, 2021, four days after undergoing an operation on her cervix to prevent her from going into early labor. Instead,…
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