(CNN) -- In most of the country, employers can force pregnant workers out of the workplace when their pregnancy interferes with their normal job duties. 

Heather Wiseman, a retail sales associate, lost her job because consuming water while working, an activity necessary to maintain a healthy pregnancy, violated store policy. 

Victoria Serednyj, a nursing home activity director, lost her job because her pregnancy interfered with her ability to lift heavy tables. Her employer terminated her employment even though lifting tables "took up a small part, roughly five to 10 minutes" of her day and her co-workers volunteered to perform this task. 

Workers covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, by contrast, can continue working despite their physical limitations. 

The Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 broadened the ADA to include many short-term and relatively minor physical conditions. Pregnant women who experience comparable physical limitations should also have the opportunity to receive accommodations that will enable them to continue working. 

According to EEOC regulations issued in 2011, the amended ADA requires employers to accommodate persons who experience "shortness of breath and fatigue when walking distances that most people could walk without experiencing such effects." 

It also requires employers to accommodate persons with back injuries resulting in a "20-pound lifting restriction that lasts or is expected to last for several months." In some circumstances, even a far more common 50-pound lifting restriction may qualify an individual for ADA coverage. 

To date, courts have balked at including pregnancy within the Americans with Disabilities Act. They've reasoned the physical limitations accompanying pregnancy are too short-term and minor to qualify as disabilities.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What can bosses do to their pregnant employees?
2. What are workplaces permitted to do to workers that are pregnant?
3. What might an employer do with a pregnant employee?
Q2:
1. What does Heather Wiseman do for a living?
2. What is Heather Wiseman's job?
3. What is the occupation of Heather Wiseman?
Q3:
1. Why was Heather Wiseman fired?
2. Why did Heather Wiseman lose her job?
3. What was the reason for Heather Wiseman's firing?
Q4:
1. Who was the nursing home director who lost her job?
2. What was the name of the fired nursing home director?
3. Which fired employee in the article was a nursing home director?
Q5:
1. Why did Victoria Serednyj lose her job?
2. What was the reason for Victoria Serednyj's firing?
3. Why was Victoria Serednyj fired?
Q6:
1. How many minutes a day did Victoria Serednyj spend lifting tables?
2. How much of Victoria Serednyj's day was spent lifting tables?
3. How much time per day did Victoria Serednyj spend picking up tables?
Q7:
1. Did Victoria Serednyj's coworkers offer to help with her heaving lifting?
2. Did Victoria Serednyj's colleagues offer to lend her a hand lifting tables?
3. Did the coworkers of Victoria Serednyj say they would help her lift tables?
Q8:
1. What act gives disabled workers protections in the workforce?
2. What is the act that grants protections to disabled workers?
3. What act gives protection to workers that are disabled?
Q9:
1. What was the ADA broadened to include?
2. What was included in the recent extension of the ADA?
3. What kinds of conditions did the expanded version of the ADA include?
Q10:
1. In what year was the ADA amended to include more conditions?
2. What year was the ADA expanded?
3. In what year did the Americans with Disabilities Act get expanded?
Q11:
1. In what year was the ADA broaded to include shortness of breath?
2. In what year was shortness of breath added to the conditions covered by the ADA?
3. When did the ADA expand to include shortness of breath?
Q12:
1. What does the ADA include other than shortness of breath?
2. What is a condition included by the ADA in addition to shortness of breath?
3. What condition does the ADA cover, as it does shortness of breath?
Q13:
1. What are the lifting restrictions covered by the ADA?
2. What heavy lifting restrictions does the ADA include?
3. What common lifting restrictions does the ADA include?
Q14:
1. How long do 20 pound lifting restrictions last?
2. What is the length of time of the 20 pound lifting restriction?
3. For how long can a lifting restriction of 20 pounds go?
Q15:
1. Does the ADA cover pregnancy?
2. Is pregnancy a condition that is included in the ADA?
3. Are you covered by the ADA if you are pregnant?
Q16:
1. What's one reason that the ADA doesn't cover pregnancy?
2. What is one reason that pregnancy is not covered by the ADA?
3. Name one reason for pregnancy's lack of inclusion in the ADA.
Q17:
1. What's one reason that the ADA doesn't cover pregnancy, besides being short term?
2. What is one reason that pregnancy is not covered by the ADA, other than its short term qualities?
3. Name one reason for pregnancy's lack of inclusion in the ADA, besides the fact that it is short term.
Q18:
1. What media outlet reported on this story?
2. In what media outlet did this story appear?
3. What news outlet reported on the ADA?
Q19:
1. Who were regulations released by in 2011?
2. Who issued regulations in the year 2011?
3. What body came out with a series of regulations in 2011?
Q20:
1. What is EEOC an acronym for?
2. What does EEOC mean?
3. What is EEOC short for?
