On December 9, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed regulations on August 11, 2023, and stakeholders had sixty (60)...more
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act took effect on June 27, 2023. What are employers' obligations under this new federal law? In this episode, McGlinchey's Labor and Employment attorneys Courtney Joiner and Melissa Losch answer...more
On December 9, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness (PWFA) into law. The Act requires that covered employers provide “reasonable accommodations” to employees as may be necessitated by pregnancy,...more
On June 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect.
According to the House Committee on Education and Labor Report, “when pregnant workers do not have access to reasonable workplace accommodations,...more
In the Groff v. DeJoy, Postmaster General opinion published on June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court gave parameters to the definitions of certain key employment law terms. After nearly 50 years of precedent, the U.S. Supreme...more
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