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Following is the case brief for Muller v. Oregon, Supreme Court of the United States, (1908) Case summary for Muller v. Oregon: An Oregon state law restricted a women’s working hours to ten per day. After being convicted of requiring a woman to violate the statute, Muller, a laundry business owner, challenged the constitutionality of the statute. The state courts […]
Read moreThe Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is a federal law prohibiting discrimination in the workplace based on pregnancy. While employers of more than 14 employees were prohibited from discrimination based on sex, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act added pregnancy and related conditions to the law. To explore this concept, consider […]
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