[Nhcoll-l] Forgot to mention re fetal risks

[Kathryn Makos]

Forgot to mention this angle, not related as much to the worker's health as
much as offspring.  The US Supreme Court decision on UAW vs Johnson Controls
decades ago established that workers of reproducing years could be not be
fired from jobs that might put their fetuses at risk.all the while upholding
the employers legal responsibility to protect the mother from safety risk
harm.   But it did introduce the issue of whether an offspring, harmed by
the hazard, could sue third party.  So most human resource departments in US
companies/agencies have some liability policies regarding this.  If not,
then they could contact their State or Fed Justice dept for guidance.  But
my previous comments about how a physician's advice should be consulted on
the pregnant worker's own health, with your safety controls in place, still
stand.

 

Kathy Makos

 

 

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