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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sun Valley seems like a nice place for a corporate retreat. Except, none of my employees who are pregnant could attend without risking their lives. Seems like holding an event there could open me up to a lawsuit for pregnancy discrimination/ discrimination on the basis of sex.

To bad, so sad Sun Valley. [/quote]

So dramatic.[/quote]

Several years ago, my company relocated a giant annual corporate conference for ~1000 people in North America from Miami to Chicago due to Zika, with something like 6 weeks notice. There were only a handful of cases in Miami at the time, and given the demographics of who was attending the conference, probably only a handful of pregnant women if that (though risk is higher once you consider all men and women who might be trying to conceive). But I guess they decided: why make anyone take that chance, or risk liability in the (unlikely) case that something terrible happens to an employee, when there are equally good alternatives so readily available?

Do I think the majority of conference planners will do this? Probably not. But there's also way more knock-on effects than just conferences and retreats. I am hopeful that multiple small sources of pressure will add up and have at least a moderating impact. [/quote]

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