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: Legal Pad | LAEmployers face Hobson's choice in protecting pregnant workers
By Jason Siegel
Employers are landing in hot water for keeping pregnant employees out of hazardous areas.
Most recently, employers in California and Texas settled lawsuits that claimed they wrongfully prohibited pregnant employees from working in certain areas.
In both cases, employers claimed they were just trying to do the right thing; the employees claimed discrimination. Management-side attorneys say their well-intentioned clients are in a tough spot: Protect a pregnant worker and risk a discrimination lawsuit, or let her work in a hazardous area and risk a tort claim should a child be born with a defect.
Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on September 25, 2008 (boomark / email).
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