Pregnancy In the Workplace...Hot Off the Press
Company Rejected Black, Disabled, Pregnant and Older Applicants and Forced Out Office Manager Who Opposed Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. – Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing...more
Health Care Company Fired Scheduling Coordinator Because of Her Pregnancy and Related Disability, Federal Agency Charges - ERIE, Pa. – A home health care services company in northwest Pennsylvania violated federal law by...more
Pharmacy and Retailer Refused to Allow a Pregnant Worker with Disabilities to Take Leave, Forcing Her to Quit, Federal Agency Says - ALEXANDRIA, La. – Walgreens Co., a pharmacy and retailer, violated federal law when it...more
The 11th Circuit Court’s recent decision in Durham v. Rural/Metro Corporation illustrates just how easy it is for a plaintiff to establish a claim under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s...more
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
Over the past five years, parental leave policies have become increasingly commonplace among employers. Such policies are important tools for recruiting and retaining talented employees, and are important components of a...more
Health Care Network Failed to Accommodate and Fired Employees Because of Their Disabilities and/or Pregnancies, Federal Agency Charged - FRESNO, Calif. - Family HealthCare Network will pay $1.75 million and furnish other...more
Health Care Company Failed to Accommodate and Instead Fired Pregnant Employees and Employees With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. - Absolut Facilities Management, LLC, doing business as Absolut Care...more
Los Angeles Cajun Restaurant and Nightclub Denied Pregnant Servers Work, Federal Agency Charges - LOS ANGELES - LA Louisanne, Inc., a Los Angeles restaurant and jazz night club, will pay $82,500 and furnish other relief...more
Laws requiring both public and private employers to accommodate their pregnant employees have become a trend over the past several years. Indeed, this past July, Massachusetts became the 22nd state, along with the District...more
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
Nevada’s Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (NPWFA) expands the scope of protections provided to female employees for conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. The NPWFA takes effect on October...more
The state legislature recently enacted the Nevada Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (NPWFA) to expand the scope of protection for employees and applicants. The NPWFA is based on the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA),...more
Christian Camp Demoted Employee Because of Her Pregnancy and a Related Complication, Then Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged - HOUSTON - Carolina Creek Christian Camp, Inc., a Huntsville, Texas-area...more
In a recent U.S. Supreme Court case about pregnancy discrimination, Justice Breyer asked: “Why, when the employer accommodated so many, could it not accommodate pregnant women as well?” As an employer, that is a question you...more
Nursing Center Failed to Provide Pregnant Employee with a Reasonable Accommodation and Subsequently Fired Her, Federal Agency Charged - GREENVILLE, S.C. - NHC Healthcare/Clinton, LLC, a licensed nursing center that...more
Since 1978, pregnancy and pregnancy related health conditions have been protected conditions under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”). A recent Supreme Court case, Young v. UPS may increase the ability of pregnant...more
When Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medial Leave Act (FMLA), it considered them as needed protections for clear-cut situations. For...more
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
Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting with EEOC Commissioner Victoria Lipnic on the EEOC’s pregnancy discrimination guidance and how employers should address pregnancy accommodations in the workplace. Our presentation...more
On March 25, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued an important decision in the case of Young v. UPS, involving a claim of failure to accommodate in violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). The PDA, which...more
The United States Supreme Court recently provided a framework to evaluate whether an employer has violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) under Title VII by failing to accommodate an employee who has a...more
The United States Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in Young v. United Parcel Service, (U.S. Sup. Ct., March 24, 2015), in which the Court set forth a new standard for litigating pregnancy discrimination...more
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
The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by a part-time employee who had been placed on unpaid leave while she was expecting a baby – a decision that puts employers on notice that they...more