The Supreme Court has spoken in Young v. UPS on the issue of whether employers can refuse to provide light duty to pregnant women on the ground that light duty is reserved for employees who are injured on the job. The answer? Probably not. The Court created a test that says where an employer has
The District of Columbia Protecting Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2014 (PPWFA) became effective March 3, 2015. The new law significantly expands existing protection for pregnant workers. Under existing law, employers were already required to accommodate pregnancy-related conditions that met the definition of disability. Some argued that employers were also required to accommodate pregnant women who did
The EEOC issued a lengthy and detailed enforcement guidance today that summarizes the changes over the past30 years in the laws that affect pregnant employees. Here are 10 key things the EEOC said employers need to know now to make sure they treat pregnant employees lawfully: 1. The fundamental rule of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Most employers treat pregnant women fairly. Bathroom breaks, seated work, water and snacks, help with lifting and the like are made available as needed not only as a matter of human decency but also as a matter of good human resources management. After all, keeping good employees and enabling their productivity accrues directly to the