A former employee of T-Mobile reveals how the company demanded her clock out to use the bathroom and terminated her employment due to a small mistake. This all started when she became pregnant with her now three-year-old child.
Kristi Rifkin, a former employee of a Tennessee T-Mobile call center, is the victim of mistreatment in the workplace. At a point in her employment with the wireless company, she endured a difficult pregnancy. And it was at that time when T-Mobile required shocking things from Rifkin.
Her pregnancy obligated her to drink a lot of water to stay hydrated. Pregnant women tend to use the restroom more frequently anyway, but Rifkin had to go even more often as she was drinking an increased amount of liquids. The company felt that she was taking advantage of her situation and then demanded a doctor’s note.
Even after Rifkin presented her employers with the note, they were not convinced. She was threatened with losing her job if her bathroom breaks interfered with her meeting quotas. She even began eating and drinking less, putting herself and her unborn child at risk to avoid the situation. Eventually her boss required her to clock out each time she used the restroom at work. Tennessee does not require employers to pay their employees during bathroom breaks; however, they were not requesting anyone else to clock out for the restroom, only the pregnant employee.
Rifkin went on maternity leave when she had her baby and returned when it was required. However, a couple of weeks after her child was born, she was fired. The company claims that she was terminated due to a mistake that cost T-Mobile 12 cents, but it is likely that her small mistake was the final straw after the issues during her pregnancy.
After she was terminated, severance was not provided or assistance with her medical bills. Despite all of this mistreatment, Rifkin is happy with her child and has moved on from the situation.
T-Mobile clearly disregarded the rights of its employees and behaved very inappropriately. Though no legal action is being taken at this point, Rifkin would be in line to file suit for discrimination.
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