article_snippet: Atlanta-based UPS maintained that Atlanta-based UPS obeyed the law because the law provided light-work duty only in limited situations and did not single out pregnant women.
article_snippet: But the company changed the company policy as of January and said the company now tries to accommodate pregnant workers.
article_snippet: A federal district court judge and an appeals court had ruled in favor of UPS, which was backed by business groups in Courts
article_snippet: UPS and other employers facing similar suits still are able to argue UPS and other employers facing similar suits policies were legal because UPS and other employers facing similar suits were based on seniority or some other acceptable reason.
article_snippet: UPS has since changed UPS policy, and now says UPS will try to accommodate pregnant workers.
article_snippet: Nine states also have adopted laws directing employers to do so.
article_snippet: Yet the U.S. Postal Service said the U.S. Postal Service has made no change in policy and maintains the practice that UPS has now abandoned.