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# Law360 Quotes Partner Mark A. Konkel on Supreme Court Pregnancy Bias Ruling

 March 25, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partner [Mark A. Konkel](/Our-People/Mark-A-Konkel) provided comments on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reject a Fourth Circuit ruling that dismissed a pregnancy bias case against UPS in the *Law360* article ​“Attorneys React To High Court Pregnancy Bias Ruling.” The Supreme Court found that neither party’s interpretation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act was persuasive. Mr. Konkel says:

The decision clarifies — maybe — what an employer should be focused on: if an employer accommodates a ​‘large percentage’ of non-pregnant workers but refuses to offer the same to pregnant workers, that may amount to evidence of intentional discrimination. UPS granted light duty to ​‘numerous’ employees who could not drive or lift packages, but not for pregnant employees. The takeaway is clear: if you grant accommodations to non-pregnant ​‘other’ employees, think twice before denying them to pregnant employees. What remains to be seen is just what ​‘numerous’ means — an issue that will have to be resolved in the lower courts.

To read the full article, please click [here](http://www.law360.com/articles/635522/attorneys-react-to-high-court-pregnancy-bias-ruling?te_pk=a731d7f1-5cbe-4304-a398-0365e2ba04d8&utm_source=user-alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tracked-entity-alert). Access may require subscription.

 

 

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