Employee has no claim for “associational pregnancy”

A fundraiser for the New York Public Interest Research Group who lost the ability to work on a commission basis when his job was modified to a supervisory role during Covid has lost a claim for discrimination on the basis of “associational pregnancy” for supporting his partner’s pregnancy discrimination claims with the same employer. A federal District Court in Manhattan has ruled that a pregnancy discrimination claim can be brought pursuant to the statute only by a pregnant individual, not by a partner or spouse.