Pregnant Woman's Discrimination at Liquor Branch

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Harmony Powell became pregnant while working as a project manager at the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch .

She said she suffered physical symptoms, including dizziness, fatigue, brain fog and exhaustion.

Powell said her supervisor was not accommodating, marking her absent without leave and giving her a letter of reprimand for performance issues not long before her due date.

She ended up having to go on short-term disability on July 8, 2019 , through to the start of her maternity leave, which was scheduled to start in early September .

Powell took the issue that she was discriminated against at work to the Human Rights Tribunal in 2020 .

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