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Massachusetts Senate Passes Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

By Scott Faust and Samantha Regenbogen Manelin on Posted in Accessibility & Accommodation, Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Workplace Policies and Procedures
The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously voted to pass “An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act” (“MPWFA”) in an effort to make sure that pregnant and nursing employees receive the same protections under Mass. Gen. Laws Chapter 151B as do other protected classes of employees. The bill, which had previously unanimously passed in the … Continue Reading

D.C. District Court Vacates Regulation Impacting Overtime Eligibility Under Companionship Exemption

By Carolyn M. Dellatore and Guy Brenner on Posted in Wage and Hour
On December 22, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated a key portion of a U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulation amending the minimum wage and overtime exemptions for “companionship” domestic service workers.  The regulation was scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2015.  On December 31, 2014, the Court … Continue Reading

The District Of Columbia Enacts New Employee Protections, Requires Reasonable Accommodation for Pregnant Employees

By Emilie Adams and Joshua F. Alloy on Posted in Accessibility & Accommodation, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Following the example of several other states and municipalities, the Council of the District of Columbia recently enacted (and the Mayor of the District of Columbia recently signed) the Protecting Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2014 (the “Act”).  The Act requires employers to provide reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions … Continue Reading

Philadelphia Requires Reasonable Accommodation of Nursing Mothers

By Daniel Saperstein and Katharine Parker on Posted in Accessibility & Accommodation, Workplace Policies and Procedures
On September 3, Philadelphia made it unlawful for an employer to fail to reasonably accommodate the need to express breast milk, where the accommodation does not impose an undue hardship.  The new law, which is now in effect, amends the city’s fair practices ordinance.  Reasonable accommodations under the law include providing unpaid break time or … Continue Reading

Philadelphia Issues New Pregnancy & Employment Rights Notice

By Daniel Saperstein, Kelly Anne Targett and Marc A. Mandelman on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Philadelphia recently amended its fair employment practices ordinance to expand protection for employees against discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. Among other things, employers must provide a written notice of rights to all existing employees by April 20, 2014, and to all new hires thereafter. For more on the new ordinance, … Continue Reading

NYC Issues Foreign Language Versions of New Pregnancy & Employment Rights Notice

By Daniel Saperstein, Katharine Parker and Kelly Anne Targett on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Leaves of Absences, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Proskauer recently issued a client alert on the release of the new pregnancy and employment rights notice in English. Now available on the New York City Commission on Human Rights Web site are foreign language versions of the new notice in Chinese, Haitian Creole, Italian, Korean, Russian, and Spanish. For information on the time and … Continue Reading

The Florida Civil Rights Act Amendment

By Allan Weitzman and Jurate Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Leaves of Absences, Litigation and Arbitration, Workplace Policies and Procedures
The Florida Civil Rights Act (“FCRA”) prohibits discrimination in employment based on many protected categories but pregnancy is not expressly listed as one of them.  There has been a split in the Florida District Courts of Appeal as to whether pregnancy is covered under the FCRA.  To resolve the split, the Florida Supreme Court heard … Continue Reading

New York City Issues New Pregnancy & Employment Rights Notice in English, Foreign Language Versions to Follow

By Daniel Saperstein, Katharine Parker and Kelly Anne Targett on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Leaves of Absences, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Earlier this month, Proskauer issued a client alert on the latest amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law, which expands the protections against discrimination for pregnant employees. For more on the new law, see our prior client alert New York City Expressly Requires Reasonable Accommodation of Pregnant Employees, Adds Notice Obligations. One of … Continue Reading

New York City Expressly Requires Reasonable Accommodation of Pregnant Employees, Adds Notice Obligations

By Daniel Saperstein, Katharine Parker and Kelly Anne Targett on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Leaves of Absences
On October 2, 2013, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed Int. No. 974-2012A to amend the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) by expanding protections against discrimination for pregnant employees. Read this alert to learn more about the amendment, which takes effect on January 30, 2014. Read the full text of this alert.… Continue Reading
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