Walmart Pregnancy Accommodation Win in EEOC Lawsuit Upheld (1)

Wal-Mart Stores East LP convinced the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday that its temporary light duty policy lawfully only covered workers injured on the job, and didn’t illegally exclude pregnant employees.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which sued on behalf of female employees at a Walmart distribution center in Wisconsin, didn’t show that any non-pregnant workers who were similar to pregnant women in their ability or inability to work, including those injured outside of the workplace, were accommodated with light duty, the court said.

The EEOC was wrong that the retailer needed to specifically explain why pregnancy was excluded under its ...