California E&S Insurance

Denied Bathroom Breaks While Pregnant. Facing Termination if I don't agree. Need legal advice Location: Colorado Hi All, I’m pregnant (with complications) and currently employed by a large credit union in Colorado. I requested additional bathroom breaks as a reasonable accommodation, supported by a very clear and detailed letter from my doctor explaining why it’s medically necessary. Everything my request, their response, and the medical documentation is in writing. I work in a call center environment (sometimes remote), and all my bathroom breaks are tracked through a dialer system, so there’s a record of how often I’m stepping away. Generally if I go over 10 minutes of bathroom break total, in a day, I am faced with disciplinary action. I was clear that these more frequent bathroom breaks wouldn't be more than a few minutes each. Despite this, they denied my request, claiming it would cause “undue hardship" to provide the bathroom breaks as needed on an hourly basis or every other hour. They’ve now told me that if I don’t agree to return to work without the accommodation, they’ll no longer consider me employed essentially threatening to fire me unless I accept working under conditions that could seriously impact my health. I already had a pending EEOC complaint for retaliation from a separate matter, and I updated that case to include this new issue. I suspect this could be further retaliation, but even if it isn’t, I believe this situation alone is grounds for legal action. A friend requested I send a demand letter but I am afraid they'll just laugh at it since HR informed me their lawyers reviewed my request for reasonable accommodation and laughed that off too. I don't think they'll take me seriously without a lawyer. My husband is incredibly upset and wants to reach out directly to the CEO, but I’m scared that could backfire and make things worse. He also wanted to reach out to the local news to see if this would be shocking enough to get media attention and I'm also nervous about that. I’m currently in therapy to deal with the emotional toll this is taking on me, but I can’t afford to quit because we need my income for insurance and living expenses etc. It's been daunting getting hold of a lawyer and a couple I've spoken to here in Colorado want thousands of dollars up front, and I just don’t have that. I know I have a case. I just need help figuring out what to do next or where to find support. Any guidance, resources, or insight would be deeply appreciated.

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