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One type of sex bias that's seen a steady rise — and no sign of let up — is discrimination based on pregnancy. Since only women become pregnant, treating workers differently simply because they're pregnant leads to liability for sex discrimination.

It's a popular type of discrimination; employers worry about liability (to the woman, others, and the baby); some managers think pregnant women should rest/stay home/feather a nest/whatever rather than work. Still, it's illegal.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regularly reports on it's pregnancy bias cases. Here are some from 2009:

• Judge Awards Maximum Damages In EEOC Pregnancy Bias Suit Against Janitorial Company (May 21, 2009)
• ABC Financial Services Settles Pregnancy Suit (April 17, 2009)
• Saipan Supermarket Chain Settles EEOC Suit; Sex Harassment, Pregnancy Bias, Retaliation Alleged (April 8, 2009)
• Clearfield Japanese Restaurant Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination (April 2, 2009)
• Delaware County Pain Management to Pay $95,000 To Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Suit (April 1, 2009)
• Otto Bock Healthcare and Robert Half to Pay $64,500 For Pregnancy Discrimination and Retaliation (April 1, 2009)
• Britthaven To Pay $300,000 To Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Suit (March 31, 2009)
• Investment Firm Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit (March 20, 2009)
• Movie Production Companies Resolve Pregnancy Discrimination Case with EEOC (February 12, 2009)

And here's a case brought by the Department of Justice (it handles bias complaints involving schools):

• Justice Department Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (May 29, 2009)

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 at 9:01 PM.