Harder v. Kansas Commission on Civil Rights

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, J.:

This is an appeal by the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights (KCCR) from a decision of the district court of Sedgwick County concluding (1) that as a matter of law the exclusion of pregnancy from a public employer’s sick leave plan did not constitute discrimination on the basis of sex and (2) that Mrs. Rutledge’s resignation from employment did not constitute constructive termination.

The learned trial judge set forth his findings and conclusions in a memorandum decision as follows:

“There is truly no factual dispute in this matter with the…