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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Update

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Join John Connell and Natalie Phillips as they discuss the recent legal challenges to the PWFA and discuss potential outcomes. They will also revisit the PWFA as it currently stands and provide an overview of what employers...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New Leaders, New Focus: Navigating EEOC Updates

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Since taking office, President Trump has issued a flurry of terminations and appointments at different administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)....more

Fisher Phillips

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your April To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially given the rapid pace at which the Trump administration has been moving on initiatives impacting the workplace and beyond. For the latest...more

Dentons

Navigating Wage and Hour Challenges

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Healthcare entities have faced increasing pressure from the Department of Labor regarding wage and hour issues. Some of this is a hangover from COVID and the long hours many healthcare workers endured trying to meet the needs...more

Maynard Nexsen

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Allows Lawsuit Challenging EEOC’s PWFA Rules to Proceed

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In a significant legal development, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a lawsuit brought by seventeen Republican-led state attorneys general challenging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s inclusion...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Employer Responsibilities in Light of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

In 2023, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a law aimed at ensuring fair treatment for workers who are affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. The Equal Employment Opportunity...more

Fisher Phillips

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Under Fire: What Employers Need to Know About the Latest Legal Challenges

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) rules mandating that employers provide abortion-related accommodations are facing intensifying legal challenges now that a federal appeals court allowed a group of states to challenge...more

Littler

Policy Week in Review - February 2025 #3

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The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior week....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Eighth Circuit Finds State Standing to Challenge EEOC’s Pregnancy Accommodation Rules

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In Tennessee v. EEOC, the Eighth Circuit reversed a district court’s decision and reinstated a lawsuit by 17 states (led by the Tennessee and Arkansas attorneys general (AG)), holding that these states have standing to sue...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

EEOC Policy Shifts Under Trump: Effects on Gender Identity, DEI, and Abortion Accommodations

As 2025 begins under President Donald Trump’s administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is experiencing significant changes. President Trump has issued executive orders addressing policies related to...more

Dentons

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Energetically Enforced by the EEOC

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It is rarely a good idea to ignore an agency request or summons, to thumb your nose at agency authority, or to simply tell them to go pound sand. There have been a variety of issues in agencies where failure to cooperate...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Challenge to PWFA Abortion Rules

Last week, an Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals panel reversed a district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by red state attorneys general challenging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s inclusion of abortion among...more

Frantz Ward LLP

EEOC Protections for Pregnant Workers Facing Legal Challenges

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A federal appeals court on February 20, 2025, cleared the path for a lawsuit seeking to block Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) protections for pregnant workers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit...more

Lathrop GPM

What Does the Executive Order Expanding Access to IVF Mean for You?

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On February 18, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled, “Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization,” which simply instructs the Director of the Domestic Policy Council Vince Haley to submit policy recommendations,...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Recent Executive Orders’ Impact on the EEOC

Recent executive orders have caused the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to abandon litigation and guidance on LGBTQ+ protections and other areas that were priorities during the Biden administration....more

Littler

Legal Challenge to PWFA Regulations by 17 States Revived by the Eighth Circuit

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which was passed in December 2022, requires a covered employer to provide reasonable accommodations for a qualified employee’s or applicant’s known limitations related to “pregnancy,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

One Month into the New Administration, Employers Have a Lot to Think About

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This past week marked the one-month anniversary of the new Trump Administration, and there have been many developments — including in just the past week — to which employers need to pay attention....more

Benesch

EEOC Shakeups Under the Trump Administration Targeting Gender Identity, Abortion Accommodations, and AI Bias

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The Trump Administration has issued swift changes in policy, and the effects are now reaching the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). While the EEOC is still awaiting quorum to vote on major actions, it is...more

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Eighth Circuit Rules States May Challenge PWFA’s Inclusion of Abortion as a ‘Related Medical Condition’

Seventeen Republican-led states can continue their lawsuit challenging parts of the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently ruled the states have standing...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

EEOC backtracks on transgender, pregnancy; full speed ahead against “anti-American” bias

I reported a few weeks ago that President Trump fired two Democratic Commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (former Chair Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels). He appointed Commissioner Andrea Lucas...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

[Event] Workplace Horizons 2025 - April 30th - May 2nd, New York, NY

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The leading educational and networking conference — from the premier firm for employment + labor law - Join us at Workplace Horizons 2025, where attorneys, in-house counsel and HR leaders come together to share and solve...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

[Event] Labor and Employment Seminar - March 13th, Chattanooga, TN

Join us for an engaging and informative labor-and-employment seminar designed to keep you abreast of the ever-evolving legal and regulatory landscape! This complimentary event is tailored for executives, management, and HR...more

Ruder Ware

What to Expect When Your Employee is Expecting Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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For many years, employers have been operating within the confines of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), and the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (“WFEA”) when a pregnant employee...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Quorum-Less EEOC and New Acting Chair: What Are the Impacts for Employers?

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The start of the second Trump Administration has brought significant changes to many areas of employment law, including to federal agencies, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is no exception. Some moves...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

EEOC Issues Annual Report, Faces Future in Flux

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On January 17, 2024, just days before the new presidential term began, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published its annual performance report for the preceding Fiscal Year 2024. The Report highlights a year...more

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