Johnson Control Landmark Decision -Reply

[Stephen McGuire <SAM2@nrc.gov>]

In the Johnson Controls decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled (in United Automobile Workers International Union v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 1991) that *Decisions about the welfare of future children must be left to the parents who conceive, bear, support, and raise them rather than to the employers who hire those parents.*   The Supreme Court also ruled that the employer may not restrict an employee from a specific job "because of concerns about the next generation."  This decision is discussed in : David Wiedis, Donald E. Jose, and Timm O. Phoebe, "The Rock and the Hard Place:  Employer Liability to Fertile or Pregnant Employees and Their Unborn Children -- What Can the Employer Do?," Radiation Protection Management, 11, 41-49, January/February, 1994.

>>> Robert May <may@CEBAF.GOV> 01/26/98 05:41pm >>>
Does anyone have information (citations) that can be used to obtain
information on the Johnson Controls decision regarding prenatal exposure to
lead. Thanks,


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