Supreme Court Takes on Labor Cases Involving Pregnancy, Religion

The Supreme Court returns to the bench this week, with labor and employment cases on tap for its new term. In Young v. United Parcel Service, former UPS worker Peggy Young alleges the company violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which requires that employers treat pregnant women the same as other employees. Equal Employment Opportunity v. Abercrombie & Fitch tackles the issue of religion in the workplace after a 17-year old wearing a hijab was denied employment. Abercrombie argues that since the job applicant didn't explicitly state her scarf had religious meaning, it didn't discriminate against her.