EEOC to Appeal Texas Judge’s Pregnancy Bias Law Ban to 5th Cir.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the US Department of Justice have signaled they intend to appeal a Texas federal district court decision blocking the enforcement of a pregnancy bias statute against employees of the state.

The agencies said in a notice dated April 26 that they intend to file a petition in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for review of a Feb. 27 decision by Judge James Hendrix of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Hendrix said the Congressional funding package that included the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act passed through ...