Pregnancy Discrimination Case Examples

Summary

Title VII cases involving pregnancy discrimination can be successfully argued by showing employer pretext. In Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc., the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, Peggy Young, who demonstrated that her employers reasons for not accommodating her pregnancy-related work restrictions were pretextual. Similarly, in Hicks v. City of Tuscaloosa, the plaintiff, Tina Hicks, successfully showed that the citys reasons for not promoting her due to her pregnancy were pretextual, with the Eleventh Circuit Court affirming the lower courts decision.