AT&T Corporation v. Hulteen
Supreme Court of the United States
556 U.S. 701 (2009)
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Four AT&T employees (plaintiffs) alleged that AT&T's method of calculating pension and retirement benefits discriminated against women who had taken maternity leave, in violation of Title VII and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). AT&T's policy counted temporary-disability leave as service time for benefits, but not pregnancy leave. The maternity leave at issue was taken before the PDA took effect, though the benefit calculations occurred afterward.
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Whether an employer violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and Title VII by denying full retirement-benefit service credit for maternity leave taken before the PDA's effective date.
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