MGT 467 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Lilly Ledbetter, Pregnancy Discrimination
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Group of two or more persons who live together and who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption. People who live together and are related by birth, marriage, or adoption, and others in committed, supportive relationships. People who live together in a familial-type relationship and are dependent on each other for financial and social support. Pay disparities (paying men more than women) justified by beliefs that women did not have (but were) dependents. Factors in women"s increasing participation in the workplace. Prohibits discrimination because of pregnancy and related medical conditions but does not require pregnancy- related benefits or leave. Requires pregnancy be treated similarly to other temporary medical conditions. * cannot require pregnant women to take leaves or resign, cannot refuse to hire pregnant women, and cannot treat pregnancy differently than other medical conditions in terms of leaves and medical benefits. Family and medical leave act (fmla) of 1993.
