On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (“PUMP”) for Nursing Mothers Act into law. The law went into effect immediately, as we previously reported. The United States Department...more
5/26/2023
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Wage and Hour
Historically, a pregnant woman with a “normal” pregnancy was not considered “disabled” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), and, therefore, there was no requirement for employers to provide her with a reasonable...more
1/13/2023
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Reasonable Accommodation
In Exby-Stolley v. Board of County Commissioners, No. 16-1412, 2018 WL 4926197 (10th Cir. Oct. 11, 2018), the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that for an individual to succeed on a failure to accommodate claim under the...more