Mount Vernon Hit with $60,000 Settlement for Rescinding Job Offer

The City of Mount Vernon has been hit with a $60,000 settlement because it rescinded a job offer after learning that the woman being hired was six months pregnant.

La’isha Hillian filed a federal discrimination lawsuit in 2013 after she was offered a job as a fire dispatcher, but the offer was rescinded a week later. The payment to Hillian was approved by the city’s Board of Estimate on Tuesday, according to the Journal News.

Hillian had been offered the job as a fire dispatcher in 2011, but a week after informing the city about the impending birth, the job offer was rescinded.

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