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July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

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Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report!  As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

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Understanding the DOL’s Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2024-1: AI and Automated Systems in the Workplace

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In response to President Biden’s Executive Order 14110 calling for a coordinated U.S. government approach to ensuring the responsible and safe development and use of AI, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

One Year Later: An Update on the PUMP Act and Right to Express Milk at Work

In just over a year following its enactment, employees across the country have filed a bevy of lawsuits, including class actions, alleging violations of the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP...more

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Top 10 Legal Challenges for Employers

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With 2024 underway, we highlight some of the most pressing legal issues facing employers this year, including increased regulation of noncompetition agreements, new paid family and medical leave laws, a new Overtime Rule, and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Changes the Game for Expectant Mothers in the Workplace

This past year has brought with it expanded employment protections for new and expectant working mothers. These protections, in the form of two federal laws, alter the landscape for how employers can consider the needs of...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

Breastfeeding Accommodations in the Workplace

The ability to pump breast milk in the workplace is protected by the FLSA. In 2010, the Break Time for Nursing Mother Act was passed as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and amended the FLSA to include break time and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

What do employers need to do to comply with the PUMP Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act?

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In recent years, the United States has faced an epidemic of maternal mortality and worsening maternal health disparities and ranks well beyond its industrialized peers on these metrics. In response, many employers have taken...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Mothers “Making it Happen”: New Federal Laws Support Expectant and Nursing Mothers in the Workplace

Balancing work and motherhood raises age-old questions for women in virtually every industry. Amongst these are how to navigate work during both pregnancy and the transition back to work after the baby is born, which present...more

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is Here: What Employers Need to Know

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On June 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) officially became law. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued statements confirming it will start accepting charges for any violations of the...more

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New Federal Laws Now In Effect: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers...

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Key Takeaways - The PWFA creates a new avenue for pregnant employees to request reasonable accommodations not previously provided under the ADA, PDA or FMLA....more

Baker Donelson

Workplace Protections for the Working Mother

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Many working mothers strive to attain some form of work life balance but may find that their jobs do not provide the flexibility and autonomy that they need to reach this goal. Women often feel like we are spinning one plate...more

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DOL Issues Guidance For Field Staff on PUMP Act Requirements

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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a Field Assistance Bulletin providing guidance to field staff regarding the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act). ...more

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Congress Enacts New Protections for Nursing Employees

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On December 29, 2023, President Biden signed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”), which was included within the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2023. Enforcement began on...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Poster Rollercoaster: DOL Changes FLSA Notice Required at Workplaces

All employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) must post an updated version of the FLSA “Employee Rights” poster to remain compliant with the law....more

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PUMP Act Protections to Express Milk at Work: Remedies to Enforce Take Effect

Remedies for enforcement of the new federal Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act), which requires most employers to provide both reasonable break time for employees to express milk for a...more

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New Federal Laws Strengthen Protections for Pregnant and Postpartum Workers

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In December 2022, Congress enacted two new federal laws that protect employees and applicants who are pregnant or postpartum: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

New Protections for Working Mothers: The PUMP Act

Nursing mothers now have pumped up rights at work. Congress recently passed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act which went into effect on December 29, 2022, and expands the employment...more

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President Biden Signs PUMP Act into Law, Increasing Employers’ Privacy Obligations to Pregnant Employees

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In late December of 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (“the Act”). The Act contains a new privacy law called the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act,...more

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Breast Milk Pumping Rights – DOL Alert on Teachers and Other Newly Protected Workers

The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”), enacted by Congress in late December 2022, provides more nursing mothers with reasonable break time to express breast milk after childbirth and...more

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Deadline nears for complying with PUMP Act’s expanded protections for nursing mothers in the workplace

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Last December, Congress significantly expanded the protections afforded to pregnant workers by passing the highly anticipated Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), as well as the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for...more

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Giving Birth to Federalized Pregnancy Accommodation Standards: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and Providing Urgent Maternal...

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Modeled after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC), the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) was passed with bipartisan congressional support as a...more

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An Expansion of Federal Protections For Pregnant and Nursing Workers

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”) as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill....more

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Congress Delivers New Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers

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As 2022 came to a close, President Biden signed the 2023 omnibus government funding bill. Included in the bill—with bipartisan support—are two provisions that expand protections for pregnant and nursing employees. Both of the...more

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New Federal Protections for Nursing and Pregnant Workers Under the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act...

On Dec. 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law an omnibus government spending bill that includes two new pieces of legislation affecting the federal rights of nursing and pregnant employees in the workplace....more

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Not a Typo: Georgia Enacts a Stringent Employment Law

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Some states are known for setting high legislative bars with respect to employment rights and protections (looking at you, California). The State of Georgia isn’t one of them. Earlier this month, however,...more

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