Enforcing the pregnancy bias law of 1978? Long overdue

Teaser:

Last month's long overdue hearing by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) revealed that shocking, blatant attacks on working women are going on more than three decades after passage of the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which requires most employers to treat pregnant women the same as other applicants or employees.

Editorial:

From UPI:

emale firefighters required to take pregnancy tests--and test negative--to be hired.

A pregnant truck driver fired after requesting "light duty" work per her doctor's recommendations.

A pregnant sales clerk told to get an abortion by her supervisor.

Stories from the dark ages of working women's history? Sorry.

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Source:

UPI / Womens' eNews

URL:

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2012/03/07/Enforcing-the-pregnancy-bias-law-of-1978-Long-overdue/WEN-9161331139301/

Date:

March 8, 2012

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