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Federal Appeals Court Affirms Six-Figure Jury Verdict in Pregnancy Discrimination Act Claim

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A recent decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit serves as a cautionary tale for employers quick to deny employees’ requests for accommodations after returning from maternity leave. The Pregnancy...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The ‘interactive process’ for handling work restrictions during pregnancy

Our first segments in our six-part series on pregnancy in the workplace focused on how the ADA, FMLA and PDA apply in the workplace to employees before, during, and after pregnancy and child birth. In this segment, we narrow...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

3 real world examples of pregnancy challenges in the workplace

Question 1: After recovery from child birth, if an employer provides an additional four weeks of leave time (paid or unpaid) for a female employee for parenting or bonding time with the child, must the employer treat...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Legal approaches to pregnancy in the workplace

The Obama Administration has made it clear that it wants to increase protections for pregnant employees. There is also significant discussion in the media about family-friendly workplaces. Against this backdrop, employers,...more

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Wait A Minute? Is Pregnancy a Disability Now?

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On July 14, 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidance relating to pregnancy discrimination. Since that time, in federal courts around the country the EEOC has filed multiple lawsuits on behalf of...more

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Pregnant Employees Become the Subject of Heightened Attention and New Legislation

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Over the past decade, the number of claims pregnant workers have filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has risen by almost 50 percent, according to the National Women’s Law Center (“NWLC”). Most of...more

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Connecticut’s “Reasonable Leave of Absence” for Disability Resulting from Pregnancy

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Last week, Attorney Robin Shea of Employment & Labor Insider proposed 10 rules of etiquette that “will save you from a pregnancy discrimination suit”. Rule No. 1? Pregnancy is always good news. Always. Always. Always. ...more

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