Putting the Teeth Back Into the BFOQ Requirement of Title VII and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act: International Union v. Johnson Controls, Inc.

Authors

M. Chris Floyd, University of Richmond

Abstract

In a resounding victory for women's and workers' rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has found that a Wisconsin battery manufacturer, in barring women without proof of infertility from jobs involving exposure to lead, violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Recommended Citation

M. C. Floyd, Putting the Teeth Back Into the BFOQ Requirement of Title VII and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act: International Union v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 26 U. Rich. L. Rev. 413 (1992).
Available at: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol26/iss2/7