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“The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is a life-changing protection for pregnant and postpartum workers nationwide, ensuring they aren’t forced off the job or denied the accommodations they need ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions — along with pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation ...
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 2417: May 11, 2017 Jerry Nadler (D-NY) 131 Died in committee S. 1101: May 11, 2017 Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) 27 Died in committee 116th Congress: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2019 H.R. 1112: May 14, 2019 Jerry Nadler (D-NY) 241 Passed in the House (329–73). [11] 117th Congress: Pregnant Workers ...
Pregnant and postpartum workers now have access to 'reasonable accommodations' after the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act went into effect on June 27. State laws, such as California's, that are more ...
WHAT IS THE PREGNANT WORKERS FAIRNESS ACT? Congress passed the law with bipartisan support in December 2022 following a decade-long campaign by women's rights and labor advocates, who argued that the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act did little to guarantee women would receive the accommodations they might need at work.
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires that employers make reasonable accommodations for any and all qualified employees who are either pregnant or require child care resources. This bill sets forward procedures to enforce the law and protect pregnant employees from these discriminatory practices.
The PWFA passed as a bipartisan piece of legislation in 2022 promising to protect workers and their jobs during pregnancy. It guarantees accommodations like time off for medical appointments ...
California Federal S. & L. Assn. v. Guerra, 479 U.S. 272 (1987), is a US labor law case of the United States Supreme Court about whether a state may require employers to provide greater pregnancy benefits than required by federal law, as well as the ability to require pregnancy benefits to women without similar benefits to men.