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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Expands Protections and Employer Obligations

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Employers take note: a new law creates a request for accommodation framework for employees with known limitations due to pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions that is similar to the Americans with Disabilities Act...more

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Seventh Circuit Upholds Exclusion of Pregnant Workers from Temporary Alternative Duty Policy

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In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that an employer did not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) despite excluding pregnant workers from its “Temporary Alternative...more

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Seventh Circuit Upholds Walmart Pregnancy Accommodation Win Over EEOC

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has rejected the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s appeal seeking to overturn the trial court’s decision that Walmart did not violate the Pregnancy...more

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EEOC Settlement of Pregnancy Discrimination Charge Highlights Right to Accommodation

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On September 17, 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a press release announcing that a charge of discrimination against United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), alleging failure to accommodate in...more

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EEOC Sues Wal-Mart For Pregnancy Discrimination

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Menonomie, Wisconsin Distribution Center Refused to Keep Pregnant Workers on the Job Working Light Duty, Federal Agency Charges - MADISON - Wal-Mart violated federal law when it refused to accommodate workers'...more

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EEOC Sues Simplicity Ground Services For Pregnancy Discrimination

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Pregnant Employees Forced on Unpaid Leave After Reporting Pregnancies, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - Simplicity Ground Services, P.C., an airline-ramp and cargo-handling company in Detroit, violated federal law by...more

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Silverado to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

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Residential Care Provider Refused to Put Pregnant Worker on Light Duty and Fired Her Instead, Federal Agency Had Charged - MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Silverado, a network of memory care, at-home care, and hospice care centers,...more

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EEOC Sues Trinity Health for Pregnancy Discrimination

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Medical Provider Refused to Keep Pregnant Worker on the Job Working Light Duty and Instead Fired Her, Federal Agency Charges - MINNEAPOLIS - Trinity Health, an integrated healthcare provider with 2,500 employees...more

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Legislation Roundup: Maryland General Assembly Mandates that Employers Provide "Light Duty" to Pregnant Disabled Women, Leave for...

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In May 2013, Governor Martin O'Malley signed three noteworthy statutes that will affect virtually every Maryland employer. Effective October 1, 2013, Maryland employers with 15 or more employees must provide their pregnant...more

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