Florida Supreme Court Finds State Law Bans Pregnancy Discrimination

Executive Summary: The Florida Supreme has held that the Florida Civil Rights Act’s (FCRA) prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex includes discrimination based on pregnancy. See Delva v. The Continental Group, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1316 (April 17, 2014). In reaching this conclusion, the Court noted that pregnancy is a “natural condition and primary characteristic unique to the female sex.” The Court’s decision resolves a split of authority among the lower courts on this issue.