Peggy Young, a part-time driver at UPS became pregnant in 2006. She requested a few months of a lightened load, however, since pregnancy did not fall into any of the three categories of workers eligible for alternate assignments (Workers who were injured on the job, disabled under the terms of the Americans With Disabilities Act, or who lost their driving credentials), she was forced to carry 70 lbs during her pregnancy.
Peggy fought on behalf of all pregnant women who face similar situations and the PDA (Pregnancy Discrimination Act) introduced an act prohibiting employers from discriminating “because of” pregnancy and holds that pregnant women must not be treated differently from other employees who are “similar in their ability, or inability, to work.”
UPS’s denial of Peggy’s request violates the 12 ethical principals for business executives as it cannot offer fairness and ethical behaviour to its employees, whom they have the responsibility to respect and protect. I think the establishment of this act served justice to the women that had to undergo abortion because she cannot afford to leave her job without pay to carry out the full term of her pregnancy.
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