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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
By Tracy Thomas
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Making Room for Pregnancy on the JobThe Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) would let pregnant workers continue to do their jobs and support their families…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Unlimited Vacation, Cyber Insurance, Business Appraisals
"Unlimited" vacation policies are all the rage right now—but as you can imagine, there are some potential headaches. Kristy Kunisaki Marino lays a couple out today. Over on LXBN, Zosha…
Labor & Employment Law Navigator
Supreme Court Issues Ruling Addressing Work Accommodations for Pregnant Employees
By Frantz Ward Labor and Employment Group
Last week, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision making it easier for pregnant employees to succeed on claims of discrimination based on an employer's denial of workplace accommodations.…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
A New Day for Pregnant Employee Workplace Accommodations – Understanding the New Framework
By Jason Shinn
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court issued the much anticipated opinion in a pregnancy discrimination claim, Young v . United Parcel Service. For context, the claim in Young v UPS arose…
Employment Law Business Guide
US Supreme Court Rules That Employers Have a Duty to Accommodate Pregnant Employees
The US Supreme Court on March 25, 2015 decided the case of Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc.(UPS). The issue in the case was whether, and in what circumstances, the…
FMLA Insights
Supreme Court Gives Pregnant Employees a Path Toward Securing Workplace Accommodations
By Jeff Nowak
All across America this morning, pregnant employees are screaming out in muted shouts of joy and giving each other belly bumps. Last year, I reported on the EEOC's recent pregnancy discrimination guidance,…
SimplyHR
U.S. Supreme Court Creates New Standard For Evaluating Pregnancy-Related Accommodations; Finds EEOC’s Pregnancy Guidance is Not Entitled to Deference
By a 6-3 majority, the Supreme Court created a potentially new standard by which employers’ accommodations given or denied to pregnant women will be judged under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination…
Global Workplace Insider
Post-termination evidence of mental illness leads to reinstatement
In the recent decision of Cape Breton (Regional Municipality) v CUPE, Local 933, 2014 NSSC 97, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court upheld an arbitrator’s decision to conditionally reinstate an employee…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
A Global Perspective on Pregnant Worker Accommodations
By Tracy Thomas
WaPo, What's Fair Treatment for Pregnant Workers? The US Isn't Sure. Other Countries Are. Other countries provide better work accommodations. But its more complicated than that, as there is still prevalent…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
ACLU Files Suit on Behalf of Woman Fired for Requesting Breaks to Pump Breast Milk
ACLU press release: ACLU Files Suit on Behalf of Mother Fired for Breastfeeding at Work:DENVER – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit yesterday on behalf of…