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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1964 and aimed at preventing discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, and religion. Title VII... more +

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1964 and aimed at preventing discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, and religion. Title VII has been subsequently extended to discrimination on the basis of pregnancy and sexual stereotypes and to prohibit sexual harassment. Title VII applies to all employers with fifteen or more employees including private employers, state and local governments, and educational institutions. less -

EEOC Releases Proposed Workplace Harassment Guidance – 25 Years in the Making

Bracewell LLP on 10/5/2023

On September 29, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its long-awaited proposed guidance on workplace harassment. The last EEOC guidance on workplace harassment was issued in 1999. The public will...more

EEOC Proposed Regulations to Implement Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 9/11/2023

Laurie Rogers by Laurie Rogers Pregnant workers have certain protections under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but gaps remain. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)...more

Pointers for Employers on the Proposed Regulations Interpreting the PWFA

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 8/17/2023

On Friday, August 11, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed regulations that expand the definitions of medical conditions that may require employer accommodations under the Pregnant Workers...more

EEOC’s Proposed Regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Provide Insight on Interpretation

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 8/16/2023

The recently enacted Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) was effective June 27, 2023. This new law makes discrimination against pregnant workers unlawful and provides additional protections for pregnant workers....more

What to Expect When You’re . . . Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Proposed Rules

Bracewell LLP on 8/15/2023

On August 7, 2023, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed rules for implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). Once published in the Federal Register, the public will have 60 days to...more

EEOC’S Proposed Regulations Interpret the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/15/2023

As our readers may be aware, President Biden ended 2022 by signing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. The PWFA requires employers with at least 15 employees to provide reasonable accommodations to a qualified...more

EEOC Proposes Regulations to Implement Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Smith Gambrell Russell on 8/15/2023

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published new proposed regulations on Friday, August 11, to implement the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), signed into law at the end of December 2022. The...more

OFCCP Week In Review: August 2023 #2

DirectEmployers Association on 8/14/2023

Monday, August 7, 2023: U.S. EEOC Announced Proposed Regulations to Implement PWFA - Comments Due by October 10 - Agency Posed 13 “Directed Questions” for Comments - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

EEOC’s Proposed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Regulations: Oh Mama!

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/14/2023

On August 11, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) formally published proposed regulations to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). In a matter of just under 9 months, since the law was...more

EEOC Takes Step to Implement Regulations Around Workplace Pregnancy Accommodations

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/11/2023

Last year, Congress passed the Pregnant Worker Fairness Act (PWFA). The new law is intended to assist pregnant employees with continuing their jobs until, and in some cases, beyond delivery. Patterned in part on the Americans...more

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Proposed Regulations Now Available for Review and Comment

BakerHostetler on 8/11/2023

In an update to our January 5, 2023 post and our June 27, 2023 post regarding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), which took effect in late June, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has released...more

EEOC Proposes New Regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Benesch on 8/11/2023

On August 7, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed regulations to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)....more

Ready, Set, Go – It’s Time for the PWFA

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/22/2023

It’s time for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). We’ve been warning you that the PWFA is coming and in less than a week, on June 27, the PWFA goes into effect. We’re still waiting on the EEOC’s proposed regulations but...more

Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/19/2021

President Biden is putting nursing homes on notice that all of their employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, if the homes intend to continue participating in Medicare or Medicaid. The administration has...more

HHS Proposed Regulations Remove Protections from the Affordable Care Act for Transgender Patients

Littler on 7/11/2019

On May 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new proposed regulations interpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which contains the ACA’s anti-discrimination provisions....more

Reassigning Section 1557: Trump Administration Proposes Reversal of Transgender Benefits Rule

Snell & Wilmer on 6/11/2019

In 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights issued final regulations implementing the nondiscrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”), which prohibit the...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2018 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/10/2018

RULES AND REGULATIONS - Proposed Rules - The Small Business Administration (SBA) published a proposed rule amending its regulations and implementing provisions of the NDAAs of 2016 and 2017 as well as the Recovery...more

California Employers Are Subject to New Requirements When Using Criminal History Information

Littler on 2/22/2017

In April 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its long-awaited “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights...more

DOJ Proposes Expanding Reach of INA's Anti-Discrimination Provisions

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/29/2016

Employers already know that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of national origin and citizenship status. However, they may not be aware that the federal Immigration and Nationality Act also contains...more

EEOC Seeks Public Input on Proposed Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/3/2016

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has voted to release for public input a proposed enforcement guidance addressing national origin discrimination under Title VII of...more

OFCCP Announces Proposed Rules to Modernize Sex Discrimination Regulations

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 2/2/2015

On Tuesday, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced a proposed rule to revise and modernize a sex discrimination guidance it issued in 1970 and clarify federal contractors’ obligations with...more

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