Pregnancy discrimination continues to occur in the workplace and the number of claims filed goes up every year.   New sociological research shows that stereotypes about pregnant workers are the cause for many dismissals. "Employers who illegally fire workers for being pregnant often attempt to skirt discrimination laws by smearing the employees as tardy, poor performers, or by chalking up their termination to company restructuring-even in cases where worse-performing employees, who were not pregnant, were allowed to remain on staff, and "company restructuring" turned out to be code for replacing pregnant workers," according to Mother Jones magazine.  So remember the law, ladies - an employer cannot cite concern for your unborn child as a reason for termination, or refuse to accommodate you in the same reasonable way a worker with a similar temporary disability (needing water, or to sit down, or more frequent bathroom breaks) would be accommodated.