Democratic Members Of Congress Urge High Court To Stand Up For Pregnant Women

[JimH52]

Local North Carolina state news from Raleigh NC NewsObserver.com

Really? It is a well know fact, according the GOP, that it is a woman's fault if she becomes pregnant. She gets what she asks for....Right?

 

[OriginalShroom]

So what was her actual job and what position was she offered?

Details and facts are important.

 

[JimH52]

She was a delivery driver. Instead of being offered light duty during her pregnacy, UPS wanted her to take "unpaid leave"

In a friend-of-the-court brief, the Democratic lawmakers — 99 from the House, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and 24 senators — said UPS delivery driver Peggy Young of Lorton, Virginia, was unfairly treated by her employer when it asked her to take unpaid maternity leave rather than provide a less strenuous position as her doctors advised.

Many of the lawmakers are pushing legislation to make the pregnancy protections explicit in federal law. They argue that the lower appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, ruled incorrectly by siding with UPS.

Young, 42, should have received the light work accommodation because current federal law provisions are designed to "ensure that pregnant women were no longer treated as second-class citizens on the job," they wrote.

 

[Katzndogz]

It looks like she was not offered another position. That's her beef. She was told to take an unpaid leave. If all that is true she has room to gripe.

 

[JimH52]

It seems that is she has a condition that limits her ability to make deliveries, she may be covered under the ADA

Ask the legal expert Are pregnant employees covered under the Americans With Disabilities Act - McKnight s Long Term Care News

 

[OriginalShroom]

"It looks like" isn't facts and specifics. We are talking about the law and SCotUS here. "It looks like" doesn't cut it."

What are other drivers, who are injured and can't drive do? Is she actually an employee or a Contract worker? I don't remember which one, but at least one of the big three companies the drivers are contract workers. They are responsible for supplying their own vehicle, or renting it from the company, they pay for their own gas, insurance, etc.

A lot of details are missing.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

If they're going to require employers to provide light duty for workers who are pregnant, then they damn sure better require them to provide it for anyone who needs it.

Right now the law is if the workers condition is due to an off the job incident, they are not required to provide light duty work.
Pregnancy should be viewed then like any other condition requiring light duty work.

This could end up really opening a pandoras box.

 

[DGS49]

Pregnancy is not an "injury," and certainly not a job-related injury.

She was unable to perform the required tasks of her employment and her employer responded appropriately. In requesting "light duty" she acknowledged her inability to function as required.

Since Democrat congresspeople are generally people who have never actually been gainfully employed, they don't understand that employers do not have an infinitely-flexible storehouse of EMPTY positions that can be filled any time an employee happens to require something less strenuous. Had she been injured on the job, UPS would have found something for her, or paid her to sit at home.

In today's world, with an almost infinite cornucopia of birth-control means available - not to mention first term abortions, one does not "find oneself" pregnant. It is a voluntary act. She knew when she became pregnant that there would come a time when she was unable to do her job. It might have been three months in, maybe 8 months in - it varies from one pregnancy to another. So she will have to stop work a few weeks before she would have preferred. BFD.

These Democrat congresspeople are idiots, as are those who support them.

The truth sometimes hurts.

 

[hadit]

How other drivers are treated is the salient point. If EVERY driver who finds him/herself unable to drive can get a less stressful position, then there is no question. This woman too should be reassigned. If, OTOH, NO other driver who finds him/herself unable to drive can get a less stressful position, then there also is no question. Fundamental fairness demands that this woman take the unpaid leave. To do otherwise singles out pregnant women for special treatment. Now, we can argue whether that would be a good thing or not, but there is no doubt that it is not fair.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Jesus... and the hits just keep coming.

 

[hadit]

Jesus... and the hits just keep coming.

I know. Facts and reason are so inconvenient to an emotional argument.

 

[JimH52]

"It looks like" isn't facts and specifics. We are talking about the law and SCotUS here. "It looks like" doesn't cut it."

What are other drivers, who are injured and can't drive do? Is she actually an employee or a Contract worker? I don't remember which one, but at least one of the big three companies the drivers are contract workers. They are responsible for supplying their own vehicle, or renting it from the company, they pay for their own gas, insurance, etc.

A lot of details are missing.

You need to read son. It tells you in the article that UPS makes special arangements for drivers with disabilities or with special needs. READ! I might open a new world for....or not.

 

[DGS49]

Pregnancy is neither a disability or a "special need." It is a temporary condition that by its very nature limits the physical capability of the person pregnant. For some women, morning sickness or a problem with the non-human foreign body living within her uterus may cause her doctor to insist that she remain bedridden for much or all of the pregnancy. Rare, but it happens. Other women can work right up until they go into labor (maybe not delivering UPS packages, but that's another issue). UPS is under no obligation to accommodate less stressful work for this individual. When she able to work again, they will give her back the job she was hired for. That's enough.

 

[Stephanie]

YEP, keep that division going the Democrat/progressive MOTTO:

and as we see their little sheep obeys and baaaas it for them

 

[hadit]

YEP, keep that division going the Democrat/progressive MOTTO:

and as we see their little sheep obeys and baaaas it for them

That is the correct motorcycle. They know they have nothing else on which to run.

 

[rightwinger]

Pregnancy is not an "injury," and certainly not a job-related injury.

She was unable to perform the required tasks of her employment and her employer responded appropriately. In requesting "light duty" she acknowledged her inability to function as required.

Since Democrat congresspeople are generally people who have never actually been gainfully employed, they don't understand that employers do not have an infinitely-flexible storehouse of EMPTY positions that can be filled any time an employee happens to require something less strenuous. Had she been injured on the job, UPS would have found something for her, or paid her to sit at home.

In today's world, with an almost infinite cornucopia of birth-control means available - not to mention first term abortions, one does not "find oneself" pregnant. It is a voluntary act. She knew when she became pregnant that there would come a time when she was unable to do her job. It might have been three months in, maybe 8 months in - it varies from one pregnancy to another. So she will have to stop work a few weeks before she would have preferred. BFD.

These Democrat congresspeople are idiots, as are those who support them.

The truth sometimes hurts.

More of the GOP war on women

 

[JimH52]

Pregnancy is neither a disability or a "special need." It is a temporary condition that by its very nature limits the physical capability of the person pregnant. For some women, morning sickness or a problem with the non-human foreign body living within her uterus may cause her doctor to insist that she remain bedridden for much or all of the pregnancy. Rare, but it happens. Other women can work right up until they go into labor (maybe not delivering UPS packages, but that's another issue). UPS is under no obligation to accommodate less stressful work for this individual. When she able to work again, they will give her back the job she was hired for. That's enough.

Wrong again....If pregnancy limits a persons major life activity, she is covered. Read and learn

"However, although pregnancy itself is not considered a disability, if a pregnant employee has an impairment as a result of a pregnancy, then the employer should consider whether the resulting impairment rises to the level of a disability under the ADA, such as whether the impairment substantially limits a major life activity. An impairment in this respect would be hypertension, for example.

If a pregnant employee comes to her employer seeking reasonable accommodation for a condition resulting from the pregnancy, and not because of the pregnancy itself, then it is incumbent upon the employer under the ADA to engage in the “interactive process” to determine what accommodation, if any, the employer can provide to the employee in order for her to continue at her job. Remember, in order for the employee to be a qualified individual with a disability under the ADA, the employee must be able to perform the essential functions of her job, with or without a reasonable accommodation. What is reasonable depends on the nature of the impairment and the employee's particular job. As an employer, your duty is to engage in the interactive process with the employee in good faith."

 

[mudwhistle]

Another manufactured issue courtesy of the Democratic Party.

Now if they would just defend the unborn baby's rights as well.

 

[Stephanie]

Another manufactured issue courtesy of the Democratic Party.

Now if they would just defend the unborn baby's rights as well.

surly you joke. disgusting party now wanting the courts to do all their BIDDING because if they were serious about any of this they could of done something when they owned all three branches. instead they were too busy pushing another government ENTITLEMENT off on us. and the party of abortion is worried about pregnant mothers all of sudden

 

[mudwhistle]

Another manufactured issue courtesy of the Democratic Party.

Now if they would just defend the unborn baby's rights as well.

surly you joke. disgusting party now wanting the courts to do all their BIDDING because if they were serious about any of this they could of done something when they owned all three branches. instead they were too busy pushing another government ENTITLEMENT off on us. and the party of abortion is worried about pregnant mothers all of sudden

They're simply pandering to women, trying to hit every issue that they think a woman might support.