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Compliance Unveiled: 10 Must-Know Tips for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act & Independent Contractor Rules
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#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Expands Title VII, EEOC’s Final PWFA Rule, AI Screening Tools - Employment Law This Week®
The Burr Morning Show: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
(Podcast) California Employment News: SB848 – Protected Leave for Reproductive Loss
California Employment News: SB848 – Protected Leave for Reproductive Loss
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Employment Law Now VII-136 - Summer 2023 Wrap-Up Part 2
The Burr Broadcast Aug. 2023: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Podcast: Post-Dobbs - One Year Later - Diagnosing Health Care
Constangy Webinar - Spring Cleaning: How to Keep your HR Practices Mess Free
The Burr Morning Show April 2023 - The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Podcast: Post-Dobbs - Considerations for Clinical Trials and Research - Diagnosing Health Care
DE Under 3: 2022 End-of-Year Regulatory Recap
In the Boardroom With Resnick and Fuller - Episode 2
Let's Talk About the Constitutional Aspects of the Dobbs Decision
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A federal judge in Louisiana ruled yesterday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) overstepped its authority by requiring employers to accommodate elective abortions that are not medically necessary....more
An Idaho federal court has resolved the tension between that state’s restrictive abortion law and the federal Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) in favor of a hospital system’s obligation to stabilize pregnant...more
A new HIPAA rule that goes into effect on December 23, 2024 requires each healthcare provider (and other HIPAA covered entities and business associates) to implement new workflows, policies, and procedures in responding to...more
In recent months, several changes to healthcare rules regulations focusing on reproductive health care have been introduced. These include (1) privacy protections for reproductive health data under HIPAA, (2) expanding access...more
Employers with workers in New York State may want to start preparing now for several new rules that will take effect on January 1, 2025. Most of them are likely to impact employers’ bottom lines....more
On April 22, 2024, the Office of Civil Rights issued a Final Rule titled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (2024 Final Privacy Rule). Originally Published by the American Bar Association....more
Access to reproductive health care has been a part of the national debate for years, and even more so since 2022 when the US Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs overturning decades of precedent established under Roe v....more
State courts continue to debate whether a state’s constitution recognizes a right to “liberty of privacy” or personal autonomy that would encompass the right to make personal health care decisions, including abortion....more
Over two years into the post-Dobbs era, women’s health is taking center stage in the presidential election. In Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court overturned protections relating to abortion established in Roe v. Wade. Since...more
On August 23, 2024, an Ohio state court issued a preliminary injunction in Preterm-Cleveland et al. v. Dave Yost et al., No. 24-cv-02634, staying the enforcement of multiple Ohio civil and criminal abortion-related statutes....more
Last week, the Kansas Supreme Court issued two decisions striking down a series of state anti-abortion laws passed by the Kansas Legislature. The first case challenged S.B. 95, a bill enacted by the Legislature in 2015...more
A very unusual and historic week of political and legal events just preceded America’s Independence Day. The Supreme Court of the United States ended its term with pivotal decisions, including a number that affect former...more
On June 17, 2024, a federal court in Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement in Louisiana and Mississippi of the portion of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) final rule...more
A federal judge in Louisiana granted a temporary injunction that prevents the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) from enforcing protections for workers seeking an abortion....more
The legal challenges relate to "abortion accommodation." Not long ago, I blogged about two legal challenges to the regulations interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. In one case, 14 state attorneys general filed...more
On the eve of the effective date of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) final Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) regulations (Final Rule), a federal court in Louisiana postponed the effective date of what...more
Earlier this spring, we published an article detailing the highlights of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) new 408-page regulations on the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”)....more
Mifepristone is safe for now. On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the plaintiffs — doctors and medical associations alike — lacked standing to challenge 2000 and 2019 FDA approvals of mifepristone (brand...more
On Friday, June 14, the Texas Supreme Court declined to consider a case that asked the Court to determine whether frozen embryos are persons or property under Texas law....more
On Thursday, June 13, the Supreme Court maintained access to the abortion pill, mifepristone. This medication, in conjunction with misoprostol, was used in nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortion and miscarriage treatments...more
New, or newly interpreted, state laws and court decisions governing abortion may directly affect access to medical care and treatment for patients who are, or who want to become, pregnant. They also have potential...more
Less than one week after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or the “Commission”) published its final rule (“Final Rule”) and interpretive guidance to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA),...more
State Law Permitting Dispensation of Emergency Contraception by Vending Machines - Legislation passed in 2022 in Massachusetts and in 2023 in Connecticut removes barriers for college students trying to obtain emergency...more
Pregnancy regs, harassment guidance under fire. Not long ago, I reported that a number of state attorneys general had filed suit seeking to block the final regulations interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Their...more
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its long-awaited Final Rule regarding reproductive health privacy. Although it is tempting to benchmark the Final Rule against the Dobbs...more