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Does the Pregnancy Discrimination Act Require Employers to Provide...

2015-01-13 22:43:46| Trucking - Topix.net

Thirty-five years ago, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act established that it is unlawful for employers with fifteen or more employees to discriminate against pregnant workers "because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions." That remains the basic law of the land today.

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Breathing Pollution During Pregnancy Raises Child's Risk of Autism

2014-12-19 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: It should come as no surprise that if an expecting mother breathes air of poor quality, her child might suffer for it. Lung development trouble, premature births, and other complications have all been associated with severe air pollution. However, a new study has now linked air pollution with autism as well. This is not the first time risk of autism development has been tied to maternal air pollution exposure. However, according to researcher Marc Weisskopf, the senior author of the new study,...

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Justices tackle ambiguity in pregnancy law

2014-12-05 02:43:06| Air Courier - Topix.net

A Supreme Court argument Wednesday over whether United Parcel Service had discriminated against a pregnant worker had, for the most part, the arid quality of a logic problem, with the justices wrestling with an ambiguous federal law. "It was supposed to be about ensuring that they wouldn't be unfairly excluded from the workplace," she went on.

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