Bell Nunnally Senior Counsel Sonja J. McGill is featured in the Law360 article “Attorneys React To High Court Pregnancy Bias Ruling,” commenting on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 verdict in Young v. UPS reinstating a pregnancy-discrimination claim brought against the United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) and adding force to the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the concept that pregnant workers can sue employers who deny them accommodations afforded to employees with disabilities.
According to McGill, “Young v. UPS' ruling suggests that employers should expand light duty, which is typically reserved for employees with on-the-job injuries, to include pregnant employees. If not, a jury will likely get to hear the plaintiff's [PDA] claim with evidence, either that the company accommodates a large percentage of non-pregnant workers without also accommodating a large percentage of pregnant employees, or evidence that the employer's refusal to accommodate cannot outweigh the resulting burden placed on the plaintiff. In Young, the plaintiff essentially lost her income and her medical insurance during her pregnancy.”
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