Originally Posted by KayMMIV

I work in a "stand up" job and know that there are laws that your pregnancy has to be treated the same as any other medical condition, including allowing you to sit if you work at a "stand up" job. A co-worker of mine was recently pregnant and instead of giving her a chair to sit on they made her sit on a bucket, like a plastic bucket that's fairly low to ground, maybe 2 ft or so off the ground, not very comfortable. and now i'm five months pregnant and have not told them yet because of the issues she had. she ended up leaving altogether because of contractions at seven months. i was wondering if it was legal that they only provide a bucket for me to sit on or if that is something i need to take legal action on, since pregnancy is uncomfortable enough without having to sit on a bucket. i don't want to even tell them i'm pregnant and bring up the issue until i know the laws on it but i also know as i get later in the pregnancy that it's dangerous to continue standing for so many hours at a time. oh- i work in missouri, i know the laws are different from state to state. Thank you so much for any help!