Taylor v. United States Postal Service

Claimant appeals by leave granted from an order of the Wayne Circuit Court affirming a decision of the Michigan Employment Security Commission Board of Review. The board in turn had affirmed a decision by an mesc referee denying claimant’s claim for unemployment compensation benefits.

Geneva Taylor, the claimant, worked for the United States Postal Service as a mail carrier, beginning on January 10, 1981. She became pregnant in 1984, and her physician placed restrictions on her ability to work, specifying: (1) no lifting of anything weighing over twenty to twenty-five pounds; (2) no more than…