Happy Endings Can Happen!

...but it helps to have The New York Times watching.

Yesterday, I wrote about the woman who was essentially fired from her job for being pregnant (that's a simplification, but it's a long story, and if you want the details, you'll find them here). Her employer's move appeared to be a clear violation of a New York City ordinance protecting pregnant workers, but I was more taken aback by the simple lack of compassion and decency.

Today, it turns out that the woman is being offered her job back.

In a followup article, reporter Rachel Swarms writes that the woman - now unemployed for nearly three months - can return "immediately without loss of seniority and without fear of retaliation," in the warm and welcoming words of her employer's lawyers.

The lawyer, of course, is "not admitting that [the company] had violated any laws or fired Ms. Valencia," and that the health and safety of employees is "of utmost importance."

Why do I find that last statement a little hard to believe?