US Steel Failed to Accommodate Pregnant Mine Worker, EEOC Says

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued US Steel Corp. for allegedly failing to accommodate a pregnant mine worker’s restrictions and later retaliating against her when she returned to work after a miscarriage.

The EEOC claims US Steel violated federal pregnancy accommodation laws when it forced a mobile equipment operator at its Minnesota iron mine to take short-term sickness and accident leave instead of providing reasonable accommodations, according to a complaint filed Dec. 19 in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota.

The unnamed worker became pregnant in August 2023 and received medical restrictions against operating heavy machinery. While ...