EX-UPS driver's pregnancy bias claim at high court

[mikekohr]

19. Perhaps this deserves another thread, but this is a great article on topic

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The U.S. Supreme Court is grappling with how employers should treat pregnant workers like Peggy Young, who sued UPS after the parcel company forced her to take unpaid leave rather than accommodate a doctor’s recommendation that Young lift no more than 20 pounds.

It’s a question many other countries settled long ago.

Take Germany. And a law called “Mutterschutz Gesetz,” or “The Maternity Protection Act.”

It works like this: As soon as a woman discovers she’s pregnant, she tells her employer. The employer automatically modifies the workers’ job duties so she can continue to work without harming herself or her pregnancy. Women in physical jobs may be transferred to desk jobs for the during of their pregnancies, for instance, or prohibited from lifting heavy loads.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/12/05/whats-fair-treatment-for-pregnant-workers-the-u-s-isnt-sure-other-countries-are/?tid=sm_fb