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Labor/Employment

Jul. 20, 2006

9th Circuit to Revisit Female Retirees' Case

A 1978 federal law made things a lot easier for women who took time off work to have children. But nearly three decades later, some women who took pregnancy leave before the law are still fighting for their rights.

By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer


A 1978 federal law made things a lot easier for women who took time off work to have children. But nearly three decades later, some women who took pregnancy leave before the law are still fighting for their rights.
      The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Wednesday to rehear a case brought by a group of female retirees, challenging the pregnancy poli...

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