Peggy Young Won Her Pregnancy Discrimination Case Against UPS, Sort Of
The Supreme Court has sent the case back to the lower court
Peggy Young speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 3, 2014.
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If you're a pregnant woman working in the U.S., things might get easier for you.
The U.S. Supreme Court today vacated a lower court's decision against Peggy Young, a former UPS delivery driver who sued the parcel service in 2007 for refusing to accommodate her pregnancy-related medical needs—she couldn't lift boxes over 20 pounds. UPS had made similar accommodations for other employees, but Young was put on unpaid leave and told to return to work after she'd had her baby.