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Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Employers Take Note: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Takes Effect This Summer

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A new federal law, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), goes into effect on June 27, 2023. The PWFA requires covered employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Mother's Day Quiz! (2021 version)

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Test your knowledge about the FMLA, pregnancy bias, and more! How much do you know about moms in the workplace . . . in 2021? Take our quiz and find out! As long as you are a mom, have a mom, love a mom, or know a mom, you...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

NJ Supreme Court Clarifies Claims Under Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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The New Jersey Supreme Court has clarified the scope of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) in a decision that outlines the contours of the statute’s three distinct causes of action. The Court’s unanimous decision in...more

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Twins for Clooneys! How to manage pregnant employees who aren’t gazillionaire celebs

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A-list celebrity George Clooney, long considered Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor, surprised the world when he married international human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin back in 2014 after decades of assuring journalists,...more

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E-MDS, Inc. Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination

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Company Failed to Provide Disabled Pregnant Employee With Accommodation and Subsequently Fired Her While on Maternity Leave, Federal Agency Charged - AUSTIN, Texas - E-MDS, Inc., an Austin-based business which provides...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

To Terminate or Not to Terminate. . . That is the Question

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The Facts – “What Happened?”: The plaintiff, Ms. Mocic, worked as an EMT for the employer/defendant (SCEMS) for almost four years. She became pregnant in 2009. She requested and was granted an apparently uneventful...more

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