When it was enacted in June 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) became the first law enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) to require that employers provide pregnancy-related...more
5/15/2024
/ Breastfeeding ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation
On September 29, 2022, Senator Tammy Duckworth and Representative John Sarbanes introduced the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (“the Act”), a bill designed to ensure that websites and software apps are...more
10/26/2022
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Public Accommodation ,
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) ,
Website Accessibility ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
With the proliferation of COVID-19 vaccines and emergence of less deadly strains, many employers have put their COVID-19 related policies and procedures on the back burner. However, as President Biden’s recent back-to-back...more