Employer Liability Issues, Pregnancy, Protected Class

2025 Legislative Developments Affecting Washington Employers

Foster Garvey PC on 7/31/2025

Washington employers face a wave of new workplace legislation, some of which recently became effective and some that will begin in 2026 and beyond. These new or modified laws address a broad range of topics, many of which...more

EEOC Publishes Long-Awaited Final Guidance on Workplace Harassment

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/1/2024

On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued the final version of new workplace harassment guidance for employers, formally updating the EEOC’s position on the legal standards and employer...more

EEOC-Proposed Workplace Harassment Guidance Broadens Definition of ‘Harassment’

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 10/27/2023

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released earlier this month updated proposed guidance on harassment in the workplace, largely based on developments in applicable case law and societal trends coming out of...more

Seventh Circuit Upholds Exclusion of Pregnant Workers from Temporary Alternative Duty Policy

Husch Blackwell LLP on 10/6/2022

In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that an employer did not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) despite excluding pregnant workers from its “Temporary Alternative...more

Q&A COVID Workplace Vaccine Issues for U.S. Employers

BCLP on 2/2/2021

As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available and efforts are underway to increase dissemination, employers are considering whether to require employees to be vaccinated in order to be present on Company property. This...more

Coronavirus (US): Key vaccination issues for employers - Part 1

BCLP on 2/2/2021

As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available and efforts are underway to increase dissemination, employers are considering whether to require employees to be vaccinated in order to be present on Company property. This...more

Minnesota Enacts the Women’s Economic Security Act Imposing Many New Obligations On Employers

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/14/2014

On Sunday, May 11, 2014, Governor Mark Dayton signed into law a package of bills dubbed the Women’s Economic Security Act (“WESA”), which will have significant implications for Minnesota employers. Many of WESA’s provisions...more

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