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When I first saw the headline, I did not think of this as an abortion issue, but as a problem where women get free health care and a salary while having a baby. Too many years in the military where some women used the pregnancy to get out of a lot of assignments.
And there was never talk of an abortion, because that would put them back at risk of the assignment.
Begin redefining jobs only some men are strong enough to do and quit hiring women to do those jobs!
Damn the feminizes to sue for the "right" to force women into jobs they are clearly not physically designed to do!!!
Honest physicians will gladly admit women do not have the physical make up to do certain things men can and do; while men clearly are limited at multi-tasking simple things women do with little to no effort.
Don't like it - take your complain up to God!
Why should you get paid if you don’t work? If a man breaks his leg, why should his employer pay him? He gets unemployment insurance and that is what pregnant women should get rather than more that men that can’t work. ?
Once a doctor notifies an employee about a medical condition (of any kind) that requires limitations in occupational duties, the employer has to act as if the employee is an enormous risk for a work-related injury that would make the employer liable for substantial damages.
I can’t get that sort of job at Wally World because I can’t perform the duties it requires. Mainly standing, walking, and lifting.
For that reason, Wally World doesn’t give me paychecks.
Why does a business have to pay someone who can’t do the job, if she’s pregnant?
If the woman required a lifting restriction, this assumes that she was having a complication of her pregnancy. The doctor did not want her lifting. Was she assessed by Walmart’s company physician also? If she could not lift more than 5lbs, that’s almost incompatible with normal every day activity, and she would be exposed to possible injury.
In a normal healthy pregnancy women are capable of performing normal day to day tasks until they’re close to delivery, then they are so big, they’re bouncing into things.
I think, we need more information on this. She did she need lifting restrictions?
In many companies if your doctor restricts your duties, you go on workers comp until cleared with a full release.
A pregnancy is no different...
What kind of job did she have that required heavy lifting? Couldn’t they have her stocking shelves?
I’m guessing that after a group CPR session, the Walmart legal department immediately notified the manager to reassign the employee to a job that doesn’t require lifting.
Not enough info provided by the article to form an opinion. What was her position when WalMart “did not accommodate”? Stocking crew? Greeter? Bakery? Cart runs in the parking lot? The way the article is written, it appears the author thinks any pregnant woman should be accommodated without regard for peripheral considerations. No doubt this one is headed for the courts. Worth watching.
People seldom stop to think about the real agendas behind movements. In many ways the "Women's liberation" movement was less about increasing freedom and equality for women than allowing males unfettered sexual access to females without the bother of inconvenient commitments like marriage, children, etc. For centuries the male sexual energy genie was kept in the marriage bottle for very good reason. We've let it out and have since reaped the consequences.
The must-read article on the genie is Dennis Prager's brilliant essay on Judaism's sexual revolution. Highly recommended.
Why the hell should an employer have to pay an employee who can’t do the work?
She should just apply for disability. You get 2/3 of your average pay per week, tax free, and you qualify immediately for free health care. The heaviest thing she would have to lift is a TV remote.
Nonsense. Walmart understands their FMLA requirements better than the DOL does.
It would be nice to know what kind of work record she has - I’ve known a person or two who had “doctor’s excuses” and decided that it meant they should be paid for twiddling their thumbs.
Society has a very substantial collective interest in women having babies.
When I was a libertarian, I did not understand this.
If society wishes to pursue the mirage of “equality”, however absurd that is, then there need to be rules of uniform application to protect our collective interest in babies.
One set of such rules needs to cover employees who are pregnant. I work in a field where exposure to teratogens is a possibility. Believe me, the required “accommodations” are not simple or straightforward.
I have no opinion about how employers should deal with pre-birth absences/inability to work, except that the rules should be simple and if universal application.
I worked with a youngster who got pregnant and took advantage of her situation. For 8 months she couldn’t do a thing but complain. I worked right up until I gave birth. Just saying sometimes women game the system because they can.
I am thinking that perhaps women should be able to apply for disability during the late term of their pregnancy and six week period after birth. We should support motherhood.
There are all kinds of positions within the store that a pregnant woman could work. Walmart should follow the law. I believe that companies could save them plenty of hassle if they offered family event insurance or something for employees to pay into. They could even require it for those who have future planned health events. A lot of companies offer Aflac. I don’t know how well it works. I do have it but I’ve never had to take long term leave.