EEOC Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Against Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines, Inc. has reached a settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a federal lawsuit alleging pregnancy discrimination. The lawsuit, filed by the EEOC, claimed that in 2022, an applicant for a New York City ticket/gate/customer service agent position received a conditional job offer from Delta. Upon disclosing her pregnancy while attempting to take a required physical ability test administered by a third-party vendor, the vendor refused to allow her to take the test, despite her providing a medical release form from her doctor. Delta subsequently rescinded the job offer because the applicant did not complete the physical ability test. The EEOC stated that Delta also failed to ensure its vendor offered alternative testing options to the pregnant applicant. This conduct is alleged to violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), which prohibits employment discrimination based on pregnancy. The settlement in...
