Title VII prohibits an employer from discharging any individual, or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his/her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s sex. In 1978, Congress enacted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), which amended Title VII to specify that sex discrimination under Title VII includes discrimination on the basis of pregnancy. Both Title VII and the PDA apply to any employer with 15 or more employees. By incorporating the PDA into Title VII, Congress stated that discrimination based upon pregnancy constitutes discrimination based upon sex. Therefore, it is now well settled that a claim of discrimination on the basis of pregnancy must be analyzed in the same manner as any other sex discrimination claim.
