Benefits Think News You Can Use: Pregnancy discrimination persists

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It’s difficult enough being pregnant. Employers absolutely must stop making matters worse by discriminating against moms-to-be.

Thirty years after the enactment of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which outlaws employment bias due to pregnancy and/or childbirth, a study from the National Partnership for Women and Families finds that, according to EEOC data, pregnancy discrimination charges increased 65% from 1992 to 2007. Among minorities, such charges rose 76% in the same period.


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