EEOC Issues New Guidelines to Address Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination Ahead of Supreme Court Decision
For the first time in more than 30 years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) issued enforcement guidelines to clarify its view of existing laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace based on pregnancy. The guidelines, released on July 14, 2014 after a narrow 3 to 2 vote by EEOC commissioners, are intended to enhance protections for pregnant women in the workplace. The agency last issued comprehensive guidance regarding pregnancy discrimination in its 1983 Compliance Manual chapter dedicated to the subject. The Commission issued the guidelines in advance of a case currently before the Supreme Court, Young v. United Postal Service, Inc., U.S., No. 12-1226, cert. granted 7/1/14, which involves the scope of non-discrimination laws related to pregnancies.
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