The court ruled 6 to 3 that Peggy Young, who worked for the company in Landover, Md., should get another chance to show that UPS was wrong to force her to take an unpaid leave rather than give her the lighter duty her doctor had said was appropriate.
Lower courts had agreed with UPS that it was not in violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act because it provided light-duty work only to other categories of workers: those who had been injured on the job, had a condition covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act or lost their license to drive a commercial vehicle.
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Source: The Washington Post
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