Friday, March 27, 2015

Young v. UPS

I have been closely following Young v. UPS and I am glad to see the decision the Supreme Court reached. UPS had a policy in place that allowed for light duty work. However, the UPS policy only provided light duty work to workers that suffered an on the job injury, were disabled under ADA, or those that lost their DOT certification. When Young, a pregnant woman who could not lift more than 20 pounds, asked her employer to receive light duty work, the UPS denied her of this benefit even though it provided the benefit to others. The lower court claimed that this was not a discrimination under the PDA, but I strongly disagreed with that decision. Now, the Supreme Court is giving Young a second chance.

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