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12 Jan 2015, 5:03 am by Jon Hyman
United Parcel Service, which will address the issue of whether, and in what circumstances, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires an employer that provides work accommodations to non-pregnant employees with medical limitations to provide similar accommodations to pregnant employees who are similar in their (in)ability to work. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 11:10 am by The Rotolo Law Firm
At the heart of their decision is the determination of whether the Pregnancy Discrimination Act adopted in 1978 requires employers to treat pregnant workers like every other employee or like other workers with restrictions, such as temporary injuries.(1) The case involves Peggy Young who sued her former employer, United Parcel Services (UPS), under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act for refusing to make accommodations for her condition despite medical… [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 6:00 am by Amy Howe
United Parcel Service, the pregnancy discrimination case in which the Court heard oral arguments last week; she observes that “[p]regnancy still seems to knock the legal system off its stride, evoking in judges and employers alike a kind of tunnel vision that makes pregnancy the exception to any rule. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 5:20 am by Tracy Thomas
United Parcel Service, Pregnancy Discrimination, and Reproductive Liberty. [read post]
10 Dec 2014, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
United Parcel Service, Pregnancy Discrimination, and Reproductive Liberty. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 8:21 am by Jon Gelman
(Photo: Larry Steagall, AP)WASHINGTON — When Peggy Young's pregnancy discrimination claim against United Parcel Service comes before the Supreme Court Wednesday, the potential implications will be greater for the court itself than for Young or UPS.Several cases involving gender discrimination and reproductive rights have hit a 5-4 roadblock at the conservative-leaning court under Chief Justice John Roberts. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 2:39 am by Walter Olson
United Parcel Service, in the Supreme Court, which has been built up as a cause celebre, turns on whether the courts should feel free to re-interpret a 1978 federal law, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, so as to include evolving ideas of a right to accommodation akin to the ADA. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 5:05 am by Amy Howe
United Parcel Service, in which it is considering whether the shipping company violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act when it rejected a Virginia woman’s request that she be put on “light duty” during her pregnancy. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 10:02 am by Lyle Denniston
United Parcel Service, the Court has to figure out what Congress had in mind in 1978 when it passed a law outlawing discrimination in the workplace against pregnant employees. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 6:11 am by Jon Gelman
(Liptak, 11/30) The Washington Post: Former UPS Driver At Center Of Pregnancy Discrimination Case Before Supreme Court A private woman, Peggy Young didn’t want all the world to know her most intimate business, including her two failed attempts at conceiving a child with her former husband before her pregancy in 2006 cost her her job delivering letters at United Parcel Service in Landover, Md. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 4:57 am by Amy Howe
United Parcel Service, in which a Virginia woman alleges that the shipping company violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act when it failed to give her “light duty” during her pregnancy. [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 8:53 am
According to this case, Peggy Young, a former employee of the United Parcel Service or UPS, was pregnant with her daughter when UPS informed her that she could not be given a temporary assignment in order to avoid lifting heavy packages as ordered by her doctor. [read post]
1 Dec 2014, 3:13 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post is shared from nytimes.com/If Peggy Young, who was a driver for United Parcel Service, had had an accident that limited her ability to lift heavy packages, or even lost her license because of driving while intoxicated, U.P.S. would have allowed her to go on “light duty” or assigned her another type of work. [read post]
30 Nov 2014, 9:59 am by Associated Press
Peggy Young only has to look at her younger daughter to be reminded how long she has fought United Parcel Service over its treatment of pregnant employees, and why. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 5:16 am by Amy Howe
United Parcel Service, in which the Court will consider whether and to what extent the Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires employers to provide their pregnant employees with the same accommodations that it provides to employees who are not pregnant. [read post]
23 Nov 2014, 12:00 am by Illinois BLJ
United Parcel Service, in its October 2014 term, a case that hinges on this very paradox within the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. [read post]