The New York Times' Adam Liptak reports on the U.S. Supreme Court's oral arguments today on whether Peggy Young was unlawfully discriminated against by UPS when the company refused to assign her to lighter duty during her pregnancy: "The basic question in the case, Young v. United Parcel Service, No. 12-1226, was what to make of language in the pregnancy law that requires employers to treat 'women affected by pregnancy' the same as 'other persons not so affected but similar in their ability or inability to work.'"
The UPS has said it will start offering light duty to pregnant women next year, but defends its old policy as legal and fair.
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