JAG Physical Therapy to Pay $125,000 in EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

According to the EEOC, PT Administrative Services LLC, a large chain of physical therapy clinics doing business as JAG Physical Therapy, will pay $125,000 and furnish other relief to settle a childbirth discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In the lawsuit, the EEOC charged that in late 2023, the employee, a patient services coordinator at the Brooklyn Heights JAG location, reached out the day she gave birth to ask about a brief leave or a schedule change, reasonable accommodations that would have permitted her to physically recover from childbirth and facilitated her lactation.  JAG allegedly refused to grant these accommodations and immediately fired the employee simply for asking about them. JAG’s alleged conduct violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which requires employers, absent undue hardship, to provide reasonable accommodations for known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and prohibits punishing an employee for asking about or using such accommodations. (EEOC v. PT Administrative Services LLC d/b/a JAG Physical Therapy, Case No. 1:25-cv-03615)