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Understanding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: What Employers Need to Know

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is growing up very quickly, and the EEOC has been working fervently, through a combination of guidance and enforcement measures, to ensure it thrives. Specifically, just shy of the...more

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Federal Education Officials Release Pregnancy-Related Guidance to Assist With Title IX Compliance: 10 Quick Takeaways for Schools

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The Department of Education recently released guidance to assist colleges and universities comply with pregnancy-related aspects of the new Title IX regulations that took effect on August 1. The “Nondiscrimination Based on...more

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Paid Lactation Breaks Are Now Mandatory In New York

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Effective June 19, 2024, all employees in the State of New York have the right to paid break time to express breast milk. Specifically, N.Y. Labor Law § 206-c1 provides that “an employer shall provide paid break time for...more

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Act Now: New York Employers Must Provide Paid Lactation Breaks to Employees

All New York employers are now required to provide 30-minute paid lactation breaks following a recent amendment to Labor Law § 206-c. New York State has long required employers to support working mothers by providing...more

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Federal and NY Worker Leave and Accommodation Developments

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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

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New York Now Requires Paid Lactation Breaks

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Effective June 19, 2024, New York employers will be required to provide up to 30 minutes of paid lactation breaks to employees each time an employee has a reasonable need to express breast milk at work. This change to New...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act aka the EEOC’s New Baby

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), the newest member of the family of federal anti-discrimination laws, is almost one year old! Instead of inviting employers over for cake and photo ops, after one year of accepting...more

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The PWFA Regulations Have Arrived: What to Expect When Your Employees Are Expecting

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When it was enacted in June 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) became the first law enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) to require that employers provide pregnancy-related...more

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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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Fly High (and Out of the EEOC’s Eye) by Updating Your Policies on Pregnancy Accommodation and Lactation

Everyone has been preparing for the recently enacted Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the PUMP Act. Earlier this month the EEOC gave us another reason to make sure our policies are up to snuff. Frontier Airlines and the EEOC...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

Holland & Knight LLP

Ley 2306 de 2023: Ampliación del periodo de descanso remunerado durante la lactancia en Colombia

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Recientemente se expidió la Ley 2306 del 31 de julio de 2023, por medio de la cual se promueve la protección de la maternidad y la primera infancia, creando incentivos y normas para la construcción de áreas que permitan la...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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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

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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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Nationwide Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Workers

Two new federal laws expand the scope of existing protections for pregnant employees and nursing workers. Employers should carefully review existing accommodation and lactation policies and practices to ensure they are...more

Burr & Forman

New Laws Protecting Pregnant and Nursing Workers Lead to New Federal Workplace Posters

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Congress recently enacted two laws expanding workplace legal protections for pregnant and nursing employees: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP...more

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New York State Department of Labor Publishes Model Lactation Accommodation Policy

On December 9, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law expanding protections for breastfeeding employers in New York. The law, which applies to all public and private employers in the state, regardless of size, took effect...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New York Expands Employees’ Lactation Accommodations

On June 7, 2023, amendments to New York State’s Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act will go into effect, expanding the accommodations New York State employers must afford their nursing employees. Many employers will already...more

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New Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Employees

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In late 2022, President Biden signed legislation creating new protections for pregnant and nursing employees. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which goes into effect June 27, 2023, and the Providing Urgent Maternal...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

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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

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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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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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