On September 17, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill, called the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), which would require employers to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.
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Massachusetts Will Require Accommodations for Pregnant Employees
As of April 1, 2018, employers in Massachusetts will be required to provide accommodations to pregnant employees.
In July, the Governor signed into law the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that
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When Employees Decline Their Maternity Leave
As I was getting ready for work this morning, the Today Show had a profile of Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, who announced that she was expecting twins. The profile
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Confused by Your Obligations to Accommodate Pregnant Employees in the Wake of Young v. UPS? Check Out This Webinar
In the vein of a shameless personal plug, I will be speaking as part of a panel in an upcoming Strafford live webinar, “Accommodating Pregnant Workers After Young v.
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Hey pregnant lady, why don’t you stay home, enjoy some of our doughnuts, and put up your feet?
Although the facts alleged in a recent lawsuit entitled EEOC v. D&S Shipley Donuts are not quite as patronizing as the title of this post suggests; they are close. The
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Lack Of Family Friendly Policies Keeping Women Out Of Job Market? Readers Comment
In our post about the recent New York Times’ article, which we entitled The Motherhood Trade-Off, we noted that “the authors write about why working women in the US
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“The Motherhood Trade-Off”
In a New York Times article today variously entitled “Why U.S. Women Are Leaving Jobs Behind,” or “The Flexibility Gap,” the authors write about why working women in the US
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Title VII Remedies: Not Just Money!
There are two takeaways in today’s post.
First: Beating a dead horse, we are constrained to remind health care and medical providers, yet again, that the EEOC continues
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ALERT! Jury Awards Plaintiff $185,000,000 In Punitive Damages On Claim That She Was Demoted After Giving Birth
Law360 has just reported that a jury in California has awarded $872,000 in compensatory damages and a whopping $185 million in punitive damages (more than was requested) to a plaintiff
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New EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit
Just a short posting today, apropos of yesterday’s post from Australia, in wbich we wrote about surveys finding that in the workplace there were “[pregnant] women who were asked to
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