Melodee Megia was fired from her job at a luxury Las Vegas resort casino in September 2011, allegedly for saying "bye-bye" on the phone instead of "goodbye." But after enduring months of jokes and insults about her pregnancy, the eight-months-along Megia had her suspicions. The new mother has now filed a lawsuit against the hotel, alleging pregnancy discrimination and labor law violations.

Megia, 37, started working at The Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino in Las Vegas in November 2010, answering the phone when guests called for room service, and occasionally assisting in making deliveries. When she started showing signs of pregnancy in March 2011, her supervisor started making derogatory comments about it, and giving her dirty looks, according to the complaint.

In September, Megia's supervisor allegedly told her that she was fired for ending a phone call with "bye-bye." This was just "pretext," the lawsuit states; he wanted her out because she was pregnant. With only a month before her child's birth, Megia faced a loss of health insurance andineligibility for unemployment benefits because she was fired "for cause." Megia hasn't been able to find work since, according to her attorney, Mark Thierman, and has suffered symptoms of panic, anxiety and depression.

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