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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, THIS PARTICULAR JOB requires heavy lifting.  But when a person is disabled, the employer must search all of its jobs to find a job that accommodates the disability -- including jobs that do not require heavy lifting, like being a receptionist, or answering the phone, or doing -- light lifting..  The employer is obviously only pretending to do so if it suspended this woman.

I repeat my advice -- your sister should contact the EEOC.[/quote]

While this may be true, the EEOC does not consider pregnancy to be a disability (nor should it).  Pregnant women are not protected by the disability protections in the labor law.  In this case, the female in question was no longer able to perform the functions of her job.  She was suspended until either the employer can find a different job for her to do, or she becomes fit to perform the job again.

And yes, some jobs will allow women to use short term disability to cover maternity leave.  But there is nothing in the labor laws that requires an employer to consider pregnancy to be a disability.

You can contact the EEOC, but it is unlikely that anything will be done.  Even if it is addressed, it is likely that the woman will deliver the child before any resolution is provided.

This woman accepted a position that required heavy lifting when she was pregnant (if she's still under probation, then she was pregnant when hired) she knew going into the deal that she might not be able to perform the job continuously (many women go on bedrest or have lifting restrictions during late term pregnancy) and made no plans as the primary provider for her family.  This was extremely bad planning and her fault, not the fault of the employer.  It is quite unfair for the OP and her sister to attempt to make it sound as if the employer was the bad guy here when the OP's sister just planned very poorly.[/quote]

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