News & Analysis as of

Reasonable Accommodation Essential Functions Pregnancy

Fisher Phillips

Key Points California Employers Need to Know About New Federal Pregnancy Accommodation Requirements

Fisher Phillips on

Employers face significant new pregnancy accommodation requirements thanks to recent federal regulations under the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) that took effect last month. But did you know that California employers...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Federal and NY Worker Leave and Accommodation Developments

Fenwick & West LLP on

EEOC Publishes Final Regulations on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. On June 18, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) final regulations clarifying the scope of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act...more

Venable LLP

EEOC Finalizes Expansive Accommodation Requirements under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Venable LLP on

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

Holland & Knight LLP

EEOC Delivers Final Rule Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Holland & Knight LLP on

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) issued its much-awaited final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) on April 15, 2024. The PWFA requires employers to provide pregnant workers or...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

EEOC Issues Final Rule on Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

As we previously wrote when the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect in June 2023, the law requires most employers with 15 or more employees to provide “reasonable accommodations” for a qualified employee’s...more

Genova Burns LLC

What Employers Should Know About The EEOC’s Final Rule On The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Genova Burns LLC on

On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its final rule interpreting and providing guidance on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)....more

Venable LLP

Expansive Accommodation Requirements under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Proposed Regulations

Venable LLP on

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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Pointers for Employers on the Proposed Regulations Interpreting the PWFA

On Friday, August 11, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed regulations that expand the definitions of medical conditions that may require employer accommodations under the Pregnant Workers...more

Holland & Knight LLP

What to Expect When You're Expecting EEOC Regulations

Holland & Knight LLP on

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

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

EEOC’s Proposed Regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Provide Insight on Interpretation

The recently enacted Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) was effective June 27, 2023. This new law makes discrimination against pregnant workers unlawful and provides additional protections for pregnant workers....more

Bracewell LLP

What to Expect When You’re . . . Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Proposed Rules

Bracewell LLP on

On August 7, 2023, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed rules for implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). Once published in the Federal Register, the public will have 60 days to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

EEOC’S Proposed Regulations Interpret the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Foley & Lardner LLP on

As our readers may be aware, President Biden ended 2022 by signing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. The PWFA requires employers with at least 15 employees to provide reasonable accommodations to a qualified...more

Smith Gambrell Russell

EEOC Proposes Regulations to Implement Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Smith Gambrell Russell on

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published new proposed regulations on Friday, August 11, to implement the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), signed into law at the end of December 2022. The...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

EEOC’s Proposed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Regulations: Oh Mama!

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

On August 11, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) formally published proposed regulations to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). In a matter of just under 9 months, since the law was...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

EEOC Takes Step to Implement Regulations Around Workplace Pregnancy Accommodations

Last year, Congress passed the Pregnant Worker Fairness Act (PWFA). The new law is intended to assist pregnant employees with continuing their jobs until, and in some cases, beyond delivery. Patterned in part on the Americans...more

BakerHostetler

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Proposed Regulations Now Available for Review and Comment

BakerHostetler on

In an update to our January 5, 2023 post and our June 27, 2023 post regarding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), which took effect in late June, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has released...more

Benesch

EEOC Proposes New Regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Benesch on

On August 7, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed regulations to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)....more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

What to Know: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Through the most recent government funding bill, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) was signed into law and is set to take effect June 27, 2023. The PWFA will soon require employers (with 15 or more employees) to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The ‘interactive process’ for handling work restrictions during pregnancy

Our first segments in our six-part series on pregnancy in the workplace focused on how the ADA, FMLA and PDA apply in the workplace to employees before, during, and after pregnancy and child birth. In this segment, we narrow...more

19 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide