Opinion ID: 1311842
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Order and Relief

Text: (1) That the Respondent credit the Complainant with such seniority as would have accrued to her record had her period of disability been treated the same as any other temporary disability and not as a maternity leave of absence. (2) That Respondent pay to the Complainant the sum which she would have received as disability benefits had her period of disability (November 19, 1971 to January 25, 1972) been treated the same as any other temporary disability and not as a maternity leave of absence; that such sum shall include the departmental pay which is received by employees for other temporary disabilities during the first seven days of disability. (3) That the Respondent Wisconsin Telephone Company be ordered to apply the same terms and conditions of employment applicable to all other temporary disabilities to temporary disability due to pregnancy and childbirth. (4) That the Respondent inform all its employees, in writing, of the terms of paragraph #3 herein, and communicate to the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations its compliance with this order within 90 days from the date of its issuance. Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 5th day of January, 1973. The commissioners thus placed primary emphasis upon maternity leave benefits as opposed to the actual maternity leave itself. The department appeals from the trial court judgment overturning the department's order. The three basic procedural issues presented on this review which form the basis for a reversal of the department's order are as follows: