Under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act, it is suppose to be against the law to refuse to hire someone because she is pregnant. Such rules like this may be applicable to a work environment like Walmart, because it is a large department store that most positions do not require heavy lifting, just a simple transfer to a less physical department will help a pregnant woman prosper. Yet, in contrast if you were managing a small company like a construction company where exposure to reproductive hazards is great, you would be considered grossly negligent for allowing a pregnant woman to do such a dangerous job, jeopardizing not one life but two.

Furthermore, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (1999), even though only a few agents were