Jenny Nguyen’s Legal Blog

You are discriminated against based on your disability if the discrimination is because of disability or on the basis of disability.  This provision applies only to discrimination because of or on the basis of a physical or mental condition that does not impair an individual’s ability to reasonably perform a job.

Sexual discrimination refers to discrimination because of sex or on the basis of sex.  Examples include discrimination because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.

A woman affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition shall be treated for all purposes related to employment, including receipt of a benefit under a fringe benefit program, in the same manner as another individual not affected but similar in the individual’s ability or inability to work.