Section 57 Rights When Disability Plan Exists

• Library: Employment Discrimination 2008

The PDA led to wholesale changes in employer policy toward pregnancy-related employee health conditions. Disability plans must now treat employees using the plan for pregnancy-related conditions the same as those employees using the plan for nonpregnancy-related conditions. Pregnant employees must receive the same benefits and employment guarantees as other employees using the employer disability plan. For example, the Eleventh Circuit found that an employer that limited pregnancy leave under its...