Judicial and Legislative Treatment of Pregnancy A Review of Developments from Unprotected Status to Anti-Discrimination-- Equal Treatment and Special Treatment

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States).

United States.

Judge-made law.

State governments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1987

Summary:

Reviews Supreme Court decisions on pregnancy and maternity from 1974 to 1978, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, its legislative history, and Court interpretation, current Federal law and policy concerning maternity leave for Government employees, and pending parental leave legislation in the 100th Congress. Considers Supreme Court holdings that Federal law allows, but does not mandate, States to require employers to grant preferential treatment to women who take maternity leave

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Judicial and Legislative Treatment of Pregnancy

Publisher Number:

CRS-1987-AML-0039

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Restricted for use by site license