The Pregnancy Discrimination Act protects employees who are pregnant, who have just given birth, or who have a pregnancy-related illness from any discrimination or any employment decisions regarding their hiring, termination, promotion, compensation, and benefits. It protects them from losing their job for having to go out on maternity leave. It protects employees from having their benefits changed in any way. Any leave protection that an employer gives to those who are disabled or have temporary disability is to be extended to those who are pregnant or are suffering from a pregnancy-related medical illness. It prohibits them from requiring her to stay out until the baby is born. It also prohibits an employer from predetermining a set amount of time that an employee has to be out without allowing them to return to work, and it also prohibits an employer from making any decision based on the person’s status of either being pregnant, having just given birth, or having some sort of pregnancy-related illness.
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Phillips & Associates, PLLC
