Lillian Garland had been a receptionist at a California bankwhen she took advantage of the state l
Lillian Garland had been a receptionist at a California bank when she took advantage of the state law and went on unpaid leave to have a baby in 1982; when she was ready to return to work, the position had been filled. Without her income, she was soon evicted and lost custody of her daughter, leading her to bring a suit against her former employer. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act was passed in 1978, a federal statue that specified that discriminating against pregnant people is a kind of sex discrimination (after the Supreme Court case had earlier decided the opposite). The law was passed as a direct response to a United States Supreme Court decision in General Electric Company v. Lillian Gilbert, which held that pregnancy discrimination was not a form of sex discrimination. Art by Liberal Jane Illustration -- source link
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