US company to pay $22.5m over newborn’s death after denying woman remote work

US company to pay $22.5m over newborn’s death after denying woman remote work

Chelsea Walsh prematurely gave birth after firm rejected work from home request in 2021 amid high-risk pregnancy Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox An Ohio freight-brokerage firm must pay $22.5m in damages to a woman whom the company denied permission to work from home as she tried managing pregnancy complications – and then endured her newborn’s death after prematurely giving birth, a state court jury has decided. The case centering on Chelsea Wal...

By Ramon Antonio Vargas