A New York Metropolis-based Lady Scouts of the USA worker is suing the group and her feminine boss whom she claims tried to bully her out of her job after she realized she was pregnant.
Munirah Samuel, 33, began working for the nonprofit greatest identified for its wildly standard cookies as a buyer expertise analyst in November 2025. She nonetheless stays employed there.
She met along with her supervisor Catherine Contrera as soon as per week and acquired glowing suggestions about her work efficiency from her hiring till February 2026, she alleged within the Aug. 25 submitting in Manhattan Supreme Courtroom.
Contrera, a senior supervisor of customer support expertise, even acted excited when Samuel introduced she was pregnant in February.
“Contrera’s preliminary response was congratulatory and enthusiastic,” Samuel claimed within the lawsuit, including that Contrera mentioned she “wished to maintain her” and hoped she’d return after maternity depart.
However the Bronx-based supervisor “abruptly” modified her tune at Samuel’s midyear evaluation in April. There have been no indicators of dissatisfaction throughout Samuel’s weekly check-ins, she claimed.
Contrera “for the primary time” mentioned she wasn’t pleased with Samuel’s efficiency – accusing her of falling behind though her work proved that she was performing above expectations, the swimsuit claims.
One in all Contrera’s alleged gripes with Samuel was that she was working too slowly. However Samuel contends that her work-performance statistics confirmed she was resolving her customer support circumstances inside 20 to half-hour, far beneath the standardized six hours staff had been allotted to finish them.
When Samuel, who works remotely from her Brooklyn dwelling, tried defending herself, Contrera allegedly slammed her as “combative.”
“The sudden emergence of those manufactured issues — instantly after [Samuel]’s being pregnant grew to become identified — displays Contrera’s discriminatory animus,” the submitting reads.
Within the weeks that adopted, Contrera allegedly scrutinized Samuel over minor errors and berated her for utilizing work strategies she had beforehand been instructed to make use of. Different staff participating in the identical practices weren’t handled this fashion, Samuel claimed.
Contrera allegedly requested Samuel in June when she deliberate on taking maternity depart. Samuel, who had her child final week, mentioned she deliberate to take her depart throughout the second week of August. GSUSA offers staff as much as 12 weeks of paid parental depart.
On June 30, simply days later, Samuel was hit with a obscure “ultimate warning” that if she didn’t enhance her efficiency, she can be axed from the corporate.
Samuel raised her issues to Erica Hybarger, a senior director at GSUSA, who admitted that Contrera was being “nit-picky” and agreed that claims that Samuel was underperforming had been merely false, she alleged.
Hybarger allegedly informed Samuel it “wouldn’t be stunning” if she had been fired.
“Abruptly it went from ‘you’re doing nice, we love you working right here’ to ‘you’re an issue, we’re going to place you on this ultimate warning,’” Samuel’s lawyer John Scola informed The Put up. “The one factor that modified between the flip switching is the notification to the supervisor that she was pregnant.”
Contrera, Hybarger and GSUSA didn’t return requests for remark. Samuel is suing for an unspecified quantity of financial damages.
