On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the EEOC) published its final Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) regulation requiring covered employers to provide qualifying employees and applicants...more
Effective July 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires employers with 15 or more employees, to accommodate pregnancy and pregnancy-related complications in the workplace. ...more
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) took effect on June 27, 2023, and requires that employers with 15 or more employees provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees and applicants with known limitations...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its proposed regulations on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) on Aug. 7, 2023, providing guidance on how the EEOC intends to interpret the PWFA and its...more
On August 11, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will publish its proposed regulations on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) in the Federal Register. The PWFA became effective on June 27,...more
The wait is over! The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) took effect June 27. Employers who haven’t already done so should familiarize themselves with the law’s requirements and take any steps necessary to ensure they are...more
As of June 27, 2023, employers must offer additional protections to employees affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition under a new federal law—the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”). The PWFA...more
Over the last ten years, 57% of women aged 16 and older worked outside the home. Of these working women, 72 percent will become pregnant while employed at some time in their lives. And yet, no federal law guaranteed pregnant...more
Currently, workers are protected from discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA), which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964....more
The recently passed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), set to go into effect on June 27, 2023, will require employers to provide a reasonable accommodation to workers for known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth,...more
Exceeding almost everyone’s expectations, President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed has reportedly delivered fantastic news about at least two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines. One vaccine is from Moderna; the other is...more
Hotel Denied Accommodations, Including the Use of a Chair, to a Front Desk Agent with a Chronic Back Impairment, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK - Grand Hyatt New York, Inc., which operates a large hotel in New York...more
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to persons with disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship or pose a direct threat to the safety of the...more
In a case we have previously blogged about several times due to spoliation sanctions imposed on the EEOC – most recently here - the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a ruling out of the Middle District of...more