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[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

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Expanded Protections for Nursing and Pregnant Employees in New York

New York and New York City have recently passed laws expanding benefits for pregnant and postpartum employees. These laws provide for additional paid time off for prenatal care and paid lactation breaks in the workplace....more

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Many New Laws for the Land of Many Lakes: What Minnesota Employers Need to Know

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Lawmakers in the Land of 10,000 Lakes kept busy this year, enacting and amending a variety of laws affecting Minnesota employers, some of which are already in effect....more

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New York State Department of Labor Releases Model Policy on Breast Milk Expression in the Workplace

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Shortly before amendments to New York State’s Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act (the “Act”) took effect on June 7, 2023, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) published a model breast milk expression in the...more

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Congress Enacts New Employment Protections for Pregnant Employees and Nursing Mothers

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The US Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act) on December 23, 2022, as part of the omnibus spending bill for FY2023. President...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

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New York State Act Would Bolster Employees’ Lactation Rights in the Workplace

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The New York State legislature passed S4844-B (the “Act”) on May 3, 2022, which would expand the rights of nursing employees to express breast milk in the workplace....more

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Louisiana Enacts Workplace Protections for Employees Disabled due to Pregnancy and Limits the Use of Criminal Background Checks in...

Louisiana employers should be aware of two new laws which went into effect on August 1, 2021. The first, Act 393, provides for reasonable accommodations of employees who become temporarily disabled due to certain...more

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Recent and Proposed Changes to Illinois Human Rights Act: Disability, Work Authorization Discrimination, and What May Be on the...

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Work Authorization Status - On August 2, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Public Act 102-0233, which adds work authorization status to the list of protected classifications in Illinois. Effective immediately,...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

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[Webinar] Employment Law 2021: Minimizing Risk in a New Enforcement Environment - April 7th, 11:00 am - 11:30 am ET

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Join us for a discussion of the following hot topics: - Anticipated push at the federal and state level for expanded civil rights laws, including gender identity and sexual orientation and the enforcement of the new...more

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State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q1 2021

The year 2021 continues the trend of increasing regulation of the workplace by state and local governments. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and...more

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NJ Supreme Court Reaffirms Pregnant Employees' Rights to Accommodations

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At a time when vaccinations are on everyone’s mind, the New Jersey Supreme Court has given a shot in the arm to New Jersey pregnancy discrimination laws.  In Delanoy v. Township of Ocean, 2021 N.J. LEXIS 176 (Mar. 9, 2021),...more

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Georgia Expands Lactation Break Law

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Georgia’s recent passage of a new lactation break law earlier this month has taken many employers by surprise – or may even be news to you. Over the past weeks, news headlines have been saturated with coverage on an array of...more

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South Carolina's New Lactation Support Act

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South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has signed into law the South Carolina Lactation Support Act (SC Lactation Act or the Act), which requires all South Carolina employers to provide reasonable break time, paid or unpaid,...more

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New Virginia Wage and Hour and Pregnancy Discrimination/Accommodation Laws Effective July 1, 2020 Significantly Expand Employees’...

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Businesses of all sizes have, understandably, been consumed by how to address the numerous pressing issues that the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought.  As a result, it can be easy to lose sight of the dramatic changes to Virginia...more

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Change in the Commonwealth: Reviewing Virginia’s Expansive New Employment Legislation Taking Effect Today

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For months, Virginia employers have heard about the new wave of employee-friendly legislation that will create additional costs and challenges for Virginia employers.  Today, as Virginia enters Phase 3 of its reopening plan,...more

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Legislative Highlights for Oregon Employers in 2020

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Oregon’s active 2019 legislative session has prompted the need for several policy and handbook updates for employers doing business in Oregon.  This Insight provides an overview of the most notable recent employment law...more

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New Senate Bill Seeks to Expand Protections for Nursing Mothers

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Currently under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide “reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for 1 year after the...more

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NYC Commission on Human Rights Issues Guidance on Expanded Protections for Independent Contractors and Freelancers

The New York City Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) has published guidance regarding an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) that expanded protections under the law to independent contractors and...more

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How Might Virginia’s New Legislative Trifecta Affect Employers in the Commonwealth in 2020?

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In the November 2019 election Virginia gained a Democratic “trifecta”—both legislative chambers and the governorship are now controlled by one political party. It has been over two decades since Democratic lawmakers...more

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2020 California Employment Law Roundup

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As 2019 draws to a close, employers in California have a busy new year ahead of them with expanded legal obligations, including significant new legislation regarding independent contractor status and mandatory arbitration...more

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Recent and Upcoming Changes to Oregon Pregnancy & Childbirth Accommodations Laws

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Women with children are the fastest-growing segment of the workforce. Six in every ten new mothers are working.  Against that backdrop, the Oregon legislature recently enacted two new laws, changing and clarifying the rules...more

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2020 Legislative Update: Lactation Accommodation

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California’s 2019 legislative session recently ended, leaving employers with a number of new laws requiring compliance starting January 1, 2020. To assist employers, we are publishing a series of blogs, each dedicated to a...more

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California Makes Sweeping Changes to Lactation Accommodation Requirements

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Following San Francisco’s lead, California will soon significantly expand the obligation of most employers to provide break time and a location to express breast milk. The new law, just signed into effect by Governor Newsom...more

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