Important Supreme Court decision affecting pregnant workers

Re: Important Supreme Court decision affecting pregnant workers

• Blessedandhighlyfavored5 member

  March 2015

  Thank you for sharing!!!! We ought to be aware of these things.

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• MiromiM member

  March 2015

  By law, pregnancy is a disability. It must be reasonably accomidated for.

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• hmburchell member

  March 2015

  Actually, this court case stems from her 2006 pregnancy. The Americans with Disabilities Act was amended in 2008. As a result, the EEOC has said employees must offer accommodations to pregnant women just as they do for other workers with similar physical limitations. So, the case isn't that likely to actually impact pregnancy discrimination law when it is actually resolved.

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• lsmom56 member

  March 2015

  While it's true that since 2008, complications from pregnancy (such as preeclampsia) can be considered a disability under the ADA, a normal pregnancy is not covered. Also, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act does not require employers to accommodate pregnancy, just to treat pregnant women the same way that it treats other employees with similar inability to work. So if a company doesn't accommodate anyone with a short term impairment, it doesn't have to accommodate the pregnant worker:
  
  https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/pregnancy.cfm

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