In defending a lawsuit by a former employee claiming Google Canada fired her within days of telling her bosses she was pregnant, the tech giant claims that pregnancy is not a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Sarah Lilleyman filed a statement of claim in Toronto’s Superior Court of Justice last year claiming wrongful dismissal and a breach of the Ontario Human Rights Code because of “pregnancy discrimination,” as previously reported by National Post.

Google Canada, headquartered in Toronto, filed a statement of defence in court as part of the legal process for adjudicating the claim. In it, Google, a leading provider of online search services and internet-related products, denies discrimination and wrongful dismissal.

Google says Lilleyman worked for the company fro

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