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Just started a new care assistance job 2 weeks ago. How do I now tell my manager I'm pregnant? I think I'm about 12weeks by now. My doctors appointment not until late 11th July.
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134578 tn?1693250592
Here's what I found on this question:  "If you work for a company with 15 or more employees, it is illegal for your employer to discriminate against you because of pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions."  This same source said it is not required for an employer to change the conditions of the job to make it easier for the person who is pregnant.   The EEOC website said companies smaller than 50 employees, but that was talking about giving breaks to breastfeed, I didn't find the information about "how small is too small" on the first page of info on their site (which is as far as I looked).  I used to work for a company with only 4 employees and it was exempt from almost all of those laws because it could show it would go out of business if it had to do things like save a woman's job for her if she went on maternity leave.
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9445847 tn?1408059755
It's your right to tell them or not. It's illegal for them to fire you over it. Unless you are high risk or have certain stipulations you need to follow I would hold off until it becomes noticeable. If anyone asks why you haven't said anything about it I would say because it doesn't affect my work ethic or effort. You are there for one purpose, to make money not friends. I work in a hospital with very infectious diseases. I mentioned it because of ppe precautions my Dr advised me to let my charge nurse know so that she can advise me when I need to be extra careful.
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It does not have to do with the legality of things, it has to do with how the boss might feel like she had been sandbagged if she learned the employee knew and kept it a secret.  If the employee didn't know and told her boss pretty soon after finding out, the boss would probably keep a constructive attitude.  But if she felt like she had been misled, it would not be such a constructive feeling.  Not that a person can be fired for being pregnant (although in a small company she can and it is not illegal) but just that you want to keep the relationships good, and someone feeling like you lied to them in order to get a job might not be a very good start.
Then it doesn't make sense why the person is even asking. At this point it doesn't matter bc she is running the risk of loosing her job no matter qhat. No point in telling anyone. Just wait til someone notices. Other wise run the risk of getting fired and in my state it is illegal to be fired for being pregnant I think it's a federal law. Small company or not, it's discrimination. I'm sure they'll find other reasons to get rid of her.
134578 tn?1693250592
Did you just find out or did you know when you took the job?  (I will say, even if you did know, you will get along better with your employer if you pretend it came as a surprise.)

My thought is you don't have to tell anyone yet, wait until your appointment at the earliest, unless you are asked to handle anything that is actually toxic.  Pretty soon the doctor will want you to stop lifting anything heavier than 30 lbs., if you are going to need accommodation for that, you should tell by then.  

What you can do in the meantime is be a good, helpful, dedicated employee, and work hard.  That way, even if you do go when the baby is born, they might give you a chance to come back.
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