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Pregnant Employees Can Move Forward With a Class Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination at Customs and Border Protection

Customs and Border Protection employees are moving forward with a class lawsuit alleging years of discrimination against hundreds of pregnant workers at the agency.

After CBP appealed the initial class certification decision in May, an administrative judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled in favor of the group of employees and upheld the class in an Aug. 30 decision.

The CBP employees said after telling their supervisors they were pregnant, they were systematically forced into temporary light duty (TLD) status, regardless of whether they requested it. The case specifically alleges a violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, which states that pregnant employees should only be given work accommodations if they ask for them.

Read the source article at Federal News Network

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