Therol Stathos, a veteran of the U.S. Navy who served her country in combat theatres as a Non-Acoustic Aviation Warfare Systems Operator (AW) on P-3C military aircraft, has filed suit against her former employer, Northrop Grumman, for pregnancy and gender discrimination. The employer hired Ms. Stathos after she left the Navy to perform ground support as well as flight radar operator work. Ms. Stathos' complaint was filed in the Maryland federal district court. Her complaint alleges that she was the victim of gender and pregnancy discrimination after she disclosed her pregnancy to her boss. The discrimination against Ms. Stathos included Northrop Grumman declaring her unable to fly, subjecting her to unequal terms and conditions of employment, refusing to seek a waiver to permit her to fly, forcing her off the job, not allowing her to continue the work she had been doing during her pregnancy for the balance of her pregnancy, denying her training opportunities, and subjecting her to the reasonable accommodation process after not deploying her for several months. Ms. Stathos claims that she was also retaliated against after she reported the discrimination internally and filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC subsequently issued two written determination finding that Ms. Stathos had been discriminated against. The EEOC’s determinations are attached as exhibits to Ms. Stathos’s complaint. Ms. Stathos’s Complaint contends that she was subjected to sexist name-calling by her boss and other harsh and rude treatment. Lebau & Neuworth are honored to be Ms. Stathos’s lawyers. We will be providing updates as this case progresses.
