Brooklyn Union Gas Co. v. New York State Human Rights Appeal Board

The main issue raised by this proceeding is whether the petitioner, a private employer, is obligated to provide the same benefits for pregnancy-related disabilities as are granted for other temporary disabilities, despite the exclusion of pregnancy-related disabilities in the Disability Benefits *382Law (Workmen’s Compensation Law, art 9) and in the Employee Benefit Plan of the petitioner. As interpreted in cases involving schools and school teachers, the overwhelming weight of authority mandates that the benefits be provided. We think the reasons stated in those cases have no instant…