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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Reasonable Accommodation Duty to Accommodate

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The EEOC Issues Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Final Regulations, Expanding Federal Protections for Covered Employees and...

On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the EEOC) published its final Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) regulation requiring covered employers to provide qualifying employees and applicants...more

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The ABC’S Of The EEOC’S Proposed Regulations On Pregnancy: Accommodations In The Workplace

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Effective July 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires employers with 15 or more employees, to accommodate pregnancy and pregnancy-related complications in the workplace. ...more

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Expansive Accommodation Requirements under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Proposed Regulations

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) took effect on June 27, 2023, and requires that employers with 15 or more employees provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees and applicants with known limitations...more

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What to Expect When You're Expecting EEOC Regulations

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its proposed regulations on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) on Aug. 7, 2023, providing guidance on how the EEOC intends to interpret the PWFA and its...more

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EEOC Issues Proposed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Regulations

On August 11, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will publish its proposed regulations on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) in the Federal Register. The PWFA became effective on June 27,...more

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EEOC Issues Proposed Regulations to Implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued proposed regulations (NPRM) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The PWFA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to a qualified...more

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Know Your Rights: The EEOC Revises Its Workplace Discrimination Poster to Include the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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It is time, again, to update your workplace posters. Coinciding with the effective date of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released a revised “Know Your...more

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is Now Law. Here’s What Employers Need to Know.

The wait is over! The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) took effect June 27. Employers who haven’t already done so should familiarize themselves with the law’s requirements and take any steps necessary to ensure they are...more

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Employer Notice: Pregnant Workers Gain Added Protections Under Federal Law

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As of June 27, 2023, employers must offer additional protections to employees affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition under a new federal law—the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”). The PWFA...more

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Goes into Effect Today

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Currently, workers are protected from discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA), which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964....more

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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Mandates Reasonable Accommodations

The recently passed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), set to go into effect on June 27, 2023, will require employers to provide a reasonable accommodation to workers for known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth,...more

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Moms rule in Omnibus Spending Bill

Pregnancy and lactation accommodation. Happy new year! Two pieces of legislation included in the $1.7 trillion Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill signed into law by President Biden on December 29 will enhance workplace...more

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District Court Permits Walmart to "Rollback" Job Offer Because of Undue Hardship from a Religious Accommodation

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin recently addressed an employer's responsibilities to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs. In EEOC v. Walmart Stores East, LP, the court examined whether...more

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EEOC Sues Grand Hyatt For Disability Discrimination

Hotel Denied Accommodations, Including the Use of a Chair, to a Front Desk Agent with a Chronic Back Impairment, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK - Grand Hyatt New York, Inc., which operates a large hotel in New York...more

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An employer’s duty to initiate the ‘interactive process’ without a request for accommodation from the employee

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to persons with disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship or pose a direct threat to the safety of the...more

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Fourth Circuit Affirms EEOC’s Resounding Summary Judgment Defeat in ADA Case

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In a case we have previously blogged about several times due to spoliation sanctions imposed on the EEOC – most recently here - the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a ruling out of the Middle District of...more

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? When It Comes to Religious Accommodation, the Supreme Court Offers Guidance (Well, Sort Of…)

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What if it looks like someone may need a religious accommodation, but the individual never asks? Does the company still have a duty to accommodate? In a much awaited opinion, the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, determined...more

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Supreme Court Vacates 4th Circuit in UPS Pregnancy Discrimination Case, But Rejects EEOC's "Most Favored Employee" Argument

Since the case was argued on December 3, 2014, practitioners and clients alike have been anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court's decision in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. That wait is over as the Supreme Court issued a...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Pregnancy Accommodations

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This is one of our "ones to watch for 2015" – Young v. UPS. The legal question certified by the Supreme Court in 2014 was: Whether, and in what circumstances, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires an employer that...more

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