Pregnacy Discrimination

Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace

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By

James Adams

Opal Coulter

Allison Norgren

Christian Sabillo

Christopher Sanders

Carol Walker

11/13/14

Bus 240

Tim Allwine

Table of Contents

Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………….. 3

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………. .4

Section I

Laws and Regulations

Pregnancy Discrimination Facts………………………………………………….5-7

Civil Rights Act-1964…………………………………………………………….7-9

Pregnancy Discrimination Act-1978 (PDA)……………………………………...9-13

Section II

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Pregnancy Discrimination Cases………………………………………………….14-17

Management and Supervisor Responsibility……………………………………...17-18

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………18-19

References…………………………………………………………………………………20-21

Appendices…………………………………………………………………………...........22-23

Executive Summary

The facts about pregnancy discrimination are that three-quarters of women entering the workforce will be pregnant and employed at some point, and most pregnant women are in the workforce. Among all women who had a child in 2011, sixty-two percent of them were active in the workforce. Discrimination against pregnant workers in the past ten years has risen thirty-five percent. Employers need to provide the same treatment to pregnant workers as they do to workers with disabilities.

In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. “Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion”. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act also created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 was signed into law thirty-five years ago as an amendment to the Civil Rights Act Title VII. Since Title VII of the Civil Rights Act did not protect women from pregnancy-based discrimination and discrimination on the basis of pregnancy was not...