A Fort Lauderdale resort hotel has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit.

Lago Mar Properties Inc., doing business as Lago Mar Resort & Beach Club, agreed to settle a lawsuit under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit, Lago Mar terminated an employee shortly after she requested leave to recover and grieve following a stillbirth during the fifth month of her pregnancy.

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