What can an employee who becomes pregnant expect from her employer? The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) protects her job if she needs to take leave due to her pregnancy, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) protects her from being discriminated against, and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protects her ability to breastfeed at work. The FMLA protects employees who need to take leave due ...
Recently, in Maryland v. King , the United States Supreme Court held that performing cheek swabs to collect DNA for identification purposes from individuals arrested for serious offenses is a legitimate booking procedure, like fingerprinting and photographing, and therefore is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The case involved Alonzo King, a man who was arrested for felony assault. After his ...
