From the ArcaMax Publishing, Women Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/women/s-566885-439077
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department and the Bryan County,
Okla., Sheriff's Department reached a settlement in a pregnancy
discrimination lawsuit, the department said.
The complaint alleged the sheriff engaged in employment discrimination
against women by requiring the reassignment of female officers working
in the jail to administrative duties when they were pregnant,
violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Justice
Department said Wednesday in a news release. Title VII prohibits
discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, national
origin, religion or sex, including pregnancy.
The consent decree, which still needs court approval, bars the sheriff
from discriminating against any employee or applicant of the Bryan
County Sheriff's Office, including the jail, on the basis of sex and
pregnancy, the Justice Department said. The consent decree also
requires the sheriff to implement a policy prohibiting employment
discrimination on the basis of pregnancy and to provide mandatory
training on the policy.