Pregnancy Discrimination and the American Worker

by James G. Dahl and Michelle D. Deardorff

This book explores how the federal courts have addressed the two primary federal statutory protections found in the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act and how law mediates conflict between workplace expectations and the realities of pregnancy. While pregnancy discrimination has been litigated under both, these laws establish different forms of equality. Formal equality requires equal treatment of pregnant women in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137343044
• ISBN13: 9781137343048
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"