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Do Pregnant Women Suffer Workplace Discrimination?
Many companies refuse to provide expectant mothers with a place to sit, extra bathroom breaks or water bottles at workstations — even when there are doctors' orders. Does that violate the rights of pregnant women in America's work places? Today, the case of a pregnant UPS driver reached the US Supreme Court.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenMany companies refuse to provide expectant mothers with a place to sit, extra bathroom breaks or water bottles at workstations — even when there are doctors' orders. Does that violate the rights of pregnant women in America's work places? Today, the case of a pregnant UPS driver reached the US Supreme Court.
Also, why it's nearly impossible to count police killings, and a crippling cyber attack on Sony Pictures is a case of who dunnit.
Photo: Peggy Young (C) and her attorney Sharon Gustafson (R) talk to reporters as she departs the US Supreme Court on December 3, 2014 (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
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3 storiesWhy It's Nearly Impossible to Count Police Killings
Less than two weeks after the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, a New York grand jury is poised to decide whether a white police officer should be charged in the death of a young black man who was put in a choke hold. Protests continue over police killings but how many are there?
Read the story6 minDo Pregnant Women Suffer Workplace Discrimination?
Women are nearly half America's work force, and three quarters will be pregnant at least once during their working lives. When UPS driver Peggy Young became pregnant, her doctor told her not to lift packages weighing more than 20 pounds. But UPS refused to accommodate her.
Read the story34 minDid North Korea Hack Sony Pictures as Payback over a Movie?
A sophisticated cyber attack on Sony Pictures has wreaked havoc on the studio in Culver City, California. Five major films were stolen, exorbitant executive salaries were revealed and the computer system was essentially wiped out.
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