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Young v. UPS: The Supreme Court’s Clarification of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act

By Will Jordan The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 provides that Title VII’s prohibition against sex discrimination applies to discrimination “because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.” The Act requires employers to treat women affected by pregnancy the same for employment purposes “as other persons not so affected but […]