Word: feds
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...Lillian Garland figured she would simply take a short, unpaid disability leave and return to her job, a right guaranteed by state law. But there were complications. Garland's baby girl was delivered by Cesarean section, and her doctor prescribed a three-month leave. When she returned to Cal Fed, Garland found that her position had been filled. "I didn't know what to do," she says. Unemployed and unable to pay her $550-a-month rent, Garland was eventually evicted from her apartment. She and her daughter moved into a friend's living room. Shortly after, she agreed...
Angered by this string of events, Garland filed a complaint against Cal Fed, citing a 1978 California law that requires employers with 15 or more workers to offer up to four months' unpaid leave for pregnant women with the promise of the same or a comparable job upon their return. Cal Fed responded with its own suit in federal court against the California law, arguing that it conflicted with the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, a measure passed by Congress in 1978 that outlaws discrimination on the basis of pregnancy. The California statute, claimed Cal Fed, discriminates against men by requiring special...
Writing the main opinion, Justice Thurgood Marshall concluded that the California law did not violate the federal law or discriminate against men, as Cal Fed claimed. Rather it "promotes equal employment opportunity" by allowing "women, as well as men, to have families without losing their jobs." The Justice noted that the California statute "does not compel employers to treat pregnant workers better than other disabled employees; it merely establishes benefits that employers must, at a minimum, provide to pregnant workers. Employers are free to give comparable benefits to other disabled employees...
...Lillian Garland, the loss of her $850-a-month job was the beginning of a wrenching struggle. Cal Fed eventually reinstated her, but she resigned last spring and now works as a real estate agent. "It's been five years of hell," Garland says of the long legal struggle. "But even if it had taken 20 years, I'd do it again. I felt like I was fighting for all women in the work force. Women should not have to choose between being a mother and having...
When the bulls made yet another return at year's end, they owed thanks once again to the Fed. "There is a lot of fresh money in the marketplace," said one happy Wall Street broker last week -- and Volcker's current policies get much of the credit for its presence. For months, the economy's relatively sluggish growth has stirred fears of recession, and that in turn has spurred the Fed to allow the money supply to expand rapidly. Interest rates have thus continued to fall, and investors seeking a healthy return have turned back to stocks. Says Sam Nakagama...