Posts in Pregnancy.

"Let's turn over -- a new leaf."

The position has been vacant since late 2016.

And dads get to play, too.

A new lawsuit filed by the EEOC is a good guide for employers on what not to do.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

Do dads have any rights in the workplace? You bet!

I'm gonna say no.

Yikes. Sounds like Japan is past due for a Pregnancy Discrimination Act.

A residential care provider has settled an EEOC lawsuit alleging failure to accommodate an employee's pregnancy.

How much do you know about an employer’s reasonable accommodation obligations under the law(s)? Take this quiz and find out!

"Nice Accommodations!"

Question 1: Which of the following federal employment laws require reasonable 

accommodation, either by their terms or as courts have interpreted them over the years?

A. The Americans with Disabilities Act

B. The Family and Medical Leave Act

C. Title VII-religion

D. The Nursing Mothers Act

E. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act

F. All of the above

G. A, C, D, and E

ANSWER: G. The FMLA does not require reasonable accommodation, but all of these other laws do. And there is some overlap between the FMLA and pregnancy or disability accommodation because leave for pregnancy or disability can be a form of reasonable accommodation.

Robin Shea has 30 years' experience in employment litigation, including Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (including the Amendments Act). 
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