In late 2022, President Biden signed legislation creating new protections for pregnant and nursing employees, which was addressed in a previous alert. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), went into effect on June 27,...more
8/15/2023
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
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Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”) ,
Reasonable Accommodation
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) is seeking to codify its current procedures for analyzing statistical evidence of discrimination and communicating with contractors after finding potential...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced yesterday, in a proposed rule anticipated to take effect in January 2020, that it intends to increase the salary threshold for "white collar" exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards...more
3/12/2019
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White-Collar Exemptions
On January 29, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced proposed revisions to the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) that will require collection of pay data from employers with more than 100...more