Pregnancy Discrimination North Dakota

[Christie38]

Our corporation has the common practice not to accomodate injuries or illnesses that are not work related. We only accomodate workplace injuries that qualify for Workforce Safety and Insurance claims. Therefore we provide no light duty arrangements for any associate that does not fall into this category.
Can a pregnant woman request light duty be given to her?
With this practice should we be accomodating all light duty physician requests? We have not permitted light duty in the past for anything other than a workplace injury. Are we asking for a lawsuit?

[cbg]

You are not doing anything illegal under Federal law. The law does not require you to provide light duty. In addition, pregnancy is not considered an disabilty for which you are required to provide accomodation.

I'll have to check on ND law. My source material is at my home office and I'm at a client site, but I can look at it and post back tonight.

[Christie38]

Thank you for your input. i wil check back tonight for more information. Again thank you.

[cbg]

I'm not finding anything in North Dakota law that looks like a problem for you either; however, it probably wouldn't hurt for you to give the ND Civil Rights Commission a call just to be safe. I'm not as familiar with North Dakota as I am with some other states.