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Foster Swift Collins & Smith

[Webinar] Labor & Employment Law Update: 2025 Recap and Insights for 2026 - September 17th, 9:00 am - 11:30 am ET

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

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What Employers Need to Know About the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”)...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Everything Employers Always Wanted To Know About Vaccines . . . And Have Been Asking About For Months.

Just before the Memorial Day holiday, we had a “breaking news” bulletin about the revised guidance published Friday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about employers’ and employees’ rights when it came to...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

South Carolina Passes Lactation Support Act

South Carolina has passed another state law protecting working mothers, this time in the form of supporting mothers who want to express breast milk in the workplace. Governor McMaster recently signed the bill into law,...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

New York City “Cooperative Dialogue” Law for Employees Seeking Reasonable Accommodation Takes Effect October 15

New York City’s new law requiring employers to engage in a “cooperative dialogue” with employees requesting reasonable accommodation and provide a written determination at the end of the cooperative dialogue process takes...more

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Louisiana Court Upholds Discharge of Worker With a Pregnancy-Related Illness Who Violated a Company Rule

The Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit recently held that a pregnant employee who suffered from a pregnancy-related illness was not disabled within the scope and meaning of the Louisiana Employment Discrimination Law...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

MA Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Part II

Now that the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect April 1, 2018, it is time for employers to confirm that they are taking steps to ensure compliance with the PWFA....more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Amendment to New York City Human Rights Law Mandates Employers to Engage in “Cooperative Dialogue” with Employees Seeking an...

The New York City Council voted last month to amend the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) to explicitly require that covered entities engage in “cooperative dialogue” with those persons who may be entitled to a...more

Payne & Fears

Nevada’s Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act Becomes Effective October 1, 2017: What Employers Need To Know

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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

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Expecting A Big Change: Nevada’s New Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act

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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

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