Man goes viral for getting fired right after saying his GF was pregnant TikTok: inothungryA man was terminated from his job after telling management that his girlfriend was pregnant. Workplace discrimination is against the law and that includes the firing of women who are pregnant or seeking maternity leave. Men may also be eligible for paternity leave within various states, as both parties are usually granted at least 12 weeks off. However, when TikToker Tommy told his employer that his girlfriend was pregnant, they followed up by terminating his employment. TikTok disagrees with how Tommy was fired from his job Tommy took to TikTok to expose his employer for firing him from his job right after he disclosed that his girlfriend was pregnant. The viral video shows the Zoom call between him and management. During their conversation, the woman who fired Tommy assured him that losing his job had nothing to do with the pregnancy, saying, \u201cThe team has undergone a restructuring.\u201d She continued, \u201cYour role has been eliminated and that is affected today.\u201d Tommy\u2019s employer then said it was a \u201cdifficult\u201d decision to make and that she and their colleagues made sure to handle the termination with \u201ccare.\u201d After she signed off on the call, Tommy was dismissed to another form of management who he asked, \u201cI got fired?\u201d She proceeded to say yes and that it wasn\u2019t based on his performance. His employer also apologized for the \u201ctiming\u201d of letting him go. Tommy then agreed that it wasn\u2019t \u201cgreat\u201d timing because he had just told them that he and his girlfriend were expecting. Before ending their call, the employer concluded by wishing Tommy \u201cthe best of luck.\u201d However, viewers weren\u2019t fond of how Tommy was fired, saying, \u201cThey fired him simply because he was going to request parental leave, hope they get the same treatment.\u201d As well as, \u201cThey sound like they have no idea what they are talking about\u2026 and they look so unprofessional. Who are these people?\u201d One viewer even took note of how Tommy\u2019s employer phrased his termination, saying, \u201cOmg, she never should have mentioned \u2018unrelated to what you told me last week.\u2019\u201d Viewers were also quick to offer advice, saying that he should file for unemployment. Tommy, however, did not comment further on losing his job or what he plans to do now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Man goes viral for getting fired right after saying his GF was pregnant TikTok: inothungryA man was terminated from his job after telling management that his girlfriend was pregnant. Workplace discrimination is against the law and that includes the firing of women who are pregnant or seeking maternity leave. Men may also be eligible for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}