pregnancy discrimination act

Last week, Attorney Robin Shea of Employment & Labor Insider proposed 10 rules of etiquette that “will save you from a pregnancy discrimination suit”.  Rule No. 1? Pregnancy is always good news.  Always. Always. Always.

If you haven’t read it, I’ll wait.

There are lots of rules regarding pregnancy that may come into play

Here’s an interesting question: Does the Pregnancy Discrimination Act protect an employee who is no longer pregnant?

Court: PDA covers maternity leave

A federal court decision in Connecticut yesterday says, yes. The case, Canales v. Schick Manufacturing, Inc. can be downloaded here.

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) is part

UPDATED 5/19/09

The U.S. Supreme Court has been very busy this morning.

First, in a 7-2 decision, the Court held that an employer (inthis case AT&T) did not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act when it gave less retirement credit for pregnancy leaves that occurred prior to the passage of the act. 

In addition, the