December 4, 2014
Peggy Young, a one-time delivery truck driver for UPS, asked in 2006 only that, since she was pregnant, she be excused from lifting anything over 20 pounds, per her doctor's orders. But Young's job description required her to sometimes lug up to 70 pounds, and UPS argued that assigning her to "light" duty would amount to special i.e., unfairly favorable treatment.
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