State Division of Human Rights v. Board of Education

Memorandum. The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Education and the teachers association had adopted the preexisting policy of the board with respect to maternity leaves. Under that policy a pregnant teacher was obliged to take maternity leave beginning no later than the end of the sixth month of pregnancy and ending at the beginning of the academic semester following six months after delivery. Such leave was without pay and without credit for accumulated sick leave. The division determined that this policy violated the…