Samantha Wakasugi was fired one month before giving birth to a baby girl; she alleges the company made that decision because it was convenient.
Samantha Wakasugi was fired one month before giving birth to a baby girl; she alleges the company made that decision because it was convenient.
She was hired by 3M in 2016 to be a customer account representative and was promoted to price change specialist in 2021. She received positive work reviews in 2021 and 2022. In October 2022, she told her boss, Joyce Hatch, she was pregnant and would be taking parental leave in March 2023. Hatch got Wakasugi’s permission and told her boss, Jody Gaffney, about the pregnancy.