WASHINGTON
The Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that women who lost credit for employment during maternity leave before the law was changed cannot count their time off toward a pension.
The decision in AT&T v. Hulteen, 07-543, which had it gone the other way could have impacted liability insurance policies, reverses a decision made by a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The lower court had ruled that unpaid maternity leaves should count in determining pension.
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