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McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Recent EEOC guidance to employees under the ADA, PDA and Title VII provides useful information to employers, too!

The EEOC has recently issued guidance addressing a variety of issues under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. What is unique about this recent...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Recent EEOC Guidance Calls for Reasonable Accommodation of Normal Pregnancy

In July 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) took the position, in controversial Enforcement Guidance, that the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) requires employers to treat women with normal...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law: August 2014

California Supreme Court Weighs In On Commission Wages - Why it matters: Employers in California that pay commission wages should familiarize themselves with a new decision from the California Supreme Court limiting...more

Cole Schotz

EEOC Issues Guidelines on Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace

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For the first time in 30 years, on July 14, 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has issued comprehensive guidelines for employers dealing with pregnant employees in the workplace (the “Guidance”). ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new Enforcement Guidance this month regarding pregnancy discrimination. This is the first comprehensive update to the EEOC’s Pregnancy Discrimination Guidance...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New EEOC Developments Expand Employers’ Pregnancy Accommodation Obligations

For the first time in more than 30 years, on July 14, 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) overhauled its guidance on pregnancy discrimination issues—broadening anti-discrimination coverage and...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

EEOC Broadens Pregnancy Discrimination Protections

On July 14, 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") issued an updated enforcement guidance on pregnancy discrimination and related issues, and significantly widened the employee protections. The guidance...more

Polsinelli

EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues

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On July 14, 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), by a 3-to-2 vote of commissioners, issued Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues (the "Guidance"), along with a question and...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

EEOC Issues Pregnancy Discrimination Guidance

On Monday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a new enforcement guidance dealing with employer obligations under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. While repeating settled law regarding employer obligations to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

EEOC Effectively Declares Pregnancy a "Disability" Requiring Reasonable Accommodation — Even When the Pregnant Employee Is Not...

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has recently declared that pregnancy alone, even without other underlying medical conditions, may require employer accommodations according to recent guidance released July 14,...more

Morgan Lewis

New York City Offers Greater Protections for Pregnant Workers

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The city departs from federal law by requiring employers to accommodate pregnant employees even if not considered “disabled.” Departing from federal precedent, the New York City Council on September 24 passed an...more

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