Navigating Employee Leave and Reasonable Accommodation Requests Under the FMLA, ADA, and PWFA
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Update
Hoops and Legal Loops: The Dearica Hamby Case Explained
Employment Law Now VIII-152 - Part 2 of 2 on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (Attorney Interview)
Employment Law Now VIII-151 - EEOC Commissioner Interview: Part 1 of 2 on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
The Burr Morning Show: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Employment Law Now VII-136 - Summer 2023 Wrap-Up Part 2
The Burr Broadcast Aug. 2023: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Employment Law Now VII-130- An Interview With EEOC Commissioner (Vice Chair) Jocelyn Samuels
DE Under 3: EEOC & DOJ Technical Guidance for Employer’s AI Use; Upcoming EEOC Hearing; Event for Mental Health in the Workplace
Top Three Pregnancy Pitfalls for Employers
Hot Spots in Employment Law 2022
Illegal or ill-mannered? Title VII meets Ms. Manners
Employment Law This Week®: DOL’s RFI on Overtime Rule, NLRA Doesn’t Preempt NYSHRL, SF’s Salary History Law, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Part 1 of 2: My Sit-Down Interview With Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez
Episode 10: Pregnancy Discrimination Insights (Hint: It's Not Just About The FMLA)
Pregnancy In the Workplace...Hot Off the Press
Performance conversations can quickly become legal minefields when an employee is pregnant, has a disability, or has requested protected leave. Too often, well-meaning employers delay intervention, mishandle documentation, or...more
A (not so) perfect cluster. Happy new year, everybody. During the holidays, a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that an employee’s pregnancy discrimination claim will go to a jury. The plaintiff (we’ll call her “Katy”) was...more
Employment discrimination in the workplace is alive and well. Indeed, according to Monster’s recent Workplace Discrimination Poll, only 9% of workers claim to have NOT faced some form of workplace discrimination. There have...more
A recent Consent Decree between the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Lago Mar Properties stands as an important reminder that the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is broad in scope and encompasses all...more
Franchisee and Operator of Orange City Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits Restaurants Agrees to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Pregnant Employees - MIAMI – Sailormen, Inc., doing business as a Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits in...more
In recent weeks, the EEOC has filed a number of lawsuits on behalf of individuals, alleging a range of employment claims. Here, we provide a brief overview of those lawsuits and the issues that may be on the EEOC’s mind....more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has initiated enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) following the release of its final rule and interpretative guidance in April 2024. We previously...more
Federal Lawsuit Says Wholesale Nursery Failed to Accommodate and Fired Pregnant Worker - BALTIMORE – Kurt Bluemel, a Baltimore County commercial nursery, failed to accommodate a pregnant worker who needed leave and then...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced a settlement to resolve a discrimination charge alleging an employer terminated a pregnant employee after she requested a reasonable accommodation to...more
A recent decision from the California Court of Appeal concluded that a worker could not advance a pregnancy discrimination claim based on alleged mistreatment following egg retrieval and freezing procedures – but employers...more
Medical Laboratory Resolves Federal Lawsuit Charging That It Fired Employee Because of Her Pregnancy and Complaints of Pregnancy Discrimination - ATLANTA – Bakotic Pathology Associates, LLC (Bako), a pathology laboratory...more
On August 7, 2023, the EEOC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking containing its proposed regulations for implementing the PWFA. The PWFA was signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022 and went into effect on...more
Q: Does the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) require workplaces to change their accommodation and leave practices in a significant way?...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) creates new rights to reasonable accommodation for employees and applicants who have physical or mental conditions arising from pregnancy, childbirth or related...more
There is a new law for Tennessee employers. As of October 1, 2020, those of you with employees in Tennessee must reasonably accommodate pregnant employees under the state’s new “Pregnant Workers Fairness Act” or else face...more
On September 17, 2020, the House voted 329-73 to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The bill seeks to clarify the law and require employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees impacted by a known...more
On April 1, 2018, the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the Act) went into effect, creating several rights and protections for pregnant workers, as well as for workers who have conditions related to pregnancy. The...more
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
• The Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the Act), signed into law on July 27, 2017, becomes effective on April 1, 2018. • The Act expressly forbids discrimination against employees due to pregnancy or...more
As 2017 starts to wind down, Massachusetts employers should start reviewing and revising their employment policies and practices so they are prepared for the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which goes into...more
The Nevada Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act (NPWFA) goes into effect Sunday, October 1, 2017. The NPWFA applies to employers with 15 or more employees and generally expands the scope of protections provided to female employees...more
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker recently signed into law the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“MPWFA”), an act which expands the protection of Massachusetts’s anti-discrimination statute to cover pregnancy...more
In another effort to take aim at disparate treatment of women in the workforce, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act on July 27, 2017. The new law takes effect...more
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the Act) on July 27, 2017. The Act amends the Massachusetts anti-discrimination statute, Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective April 1, 2018, Massachusetts will expand its anti-discrimination statute to specifically prohibit the discrimination against, refusal to hire, and the termination of individuals due to pregnancy...more