A Hilo business has paid $65,000 to settle a discrimination claim filed by a former employee who says she was fired after getting pregnant.

The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission announced the settlement Tuesday.

The HCRC says the woman, a single mother in her 30s, claimed that after she informed her immediate supervisor of her pregnancy, her manager made negative and derogatory comments about the inconvenience the pregnancy caused to the business. The woman said her manager told her the company could not hire temporary workers to fill in for her while she was on pregnancy leave.

HCRC Executive Director William Hoshijo says the job was part time but that the woman sometimes worked more than 40 hours a week.

The woman went on leave in January 2010. About a week and a half later, she claims, she was told to remove her things from the workplace to make room for two newly hired employees. When she tried to return to work after giving birth and getting clearance from her doctor, the woman claims the company fired her.

Hoshijo says the woman was not able to find a new job until 2014.

State law prohibits employers from firing a worker based solely on the employee’s pregnancy. The law also requires employers to grant pregnancy leave, if the pregnancy causes disability, and to provide reasonable accommodation when the employee returns to work.

As part of the settlement, the business agreed to adopt a nondiscrimination policy and provide nondiscrimination training for its supervisors and managers.

The HCRC did not name the business or employee. According to state law, all records of an investigation arising from a complaint filed with the commission are confidential.