EEOC Files First Lawsuits Under PWFA

EEOC Sues Two Employers Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

This month the EEOC announced the first lawsuit alleging a violation of the PWFA and first public conciliation of a PWFA charge. For more ...

Feds File First Lawsuit Under Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

The federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws is suing an employer for allegedly failing to accommodate an employee's ...

EEOC Files First Lawsuits Under PWFA - Cranfill Sumner LLP

On September 25, 2024, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against Polaris, the well-known manufacturer of off-road and other vehicles, in the Northern ...

EEOC Ramps Up Enforcement of Pregnancy Discrimination Under ...

The EEOC has initiated multiple lawsuits under the PWFA, highlighting its commitment to addressing pregnancy discrimination and ensuring ...

EEOC Initiates Initial String of Lawsuits Under the Pregnant Workers ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has initiated enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) following the ...

EEOC Sues Wabash National for Pregnancy Discrimination

Burrows. “This is the first lawsuit we've filed to enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), but it's just one of the many ways the ...

EEOC Files Its First Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Lawsuit

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is a fairly new federal law which was enacted in 2023. The law requires employers to accommodate employees with a ...

EEOC IMPLEMENTS FINAL REGULATIONS FOR THE PREGNANT ...

... FILES FIRST LAWSUITS ... In September 2024, the EEOC announced it would be filing its first lawsuits against employers under the PWFA.

The EEOC filed its first Pregnant Workers Fairness Act lawsuit

The PWFA, which took effect in June 2023, requires employers with 15 or more workers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees who are ...

EEOC Sues Employer Under The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

The EEOC recently filed one of the first lawsuits asserting a violation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) – the 2022 law that ...

EEOC Sets Sights on High-Tech Industry, Tackles First PWFA Cases

In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) news, the agency issued a report on the lack of diversity in the high-tech and filed—and ...

EEOC targets employers in Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA ...

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is gaining attention with the first settlement and multiple lawsuits filed under the law.

EEOC Sues Employers For Alleged Violations of Pregnant Workers ...

The EEOC filed the first federal case under the PWFA, EEOC v. Wabash National Corporation, Case No. 5:24-cv-00148-BJB, in the U.S. District ...

First PWFA Settlement: Employer Pays $47K

EEOC Files First PWFA Lawsuit · failing to provide pregnancy-related accommodation to an employee who worked as an assembler, and · subjecting her ...

EEOC Files First Lawsuit Under Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

A manufacturing company violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and other laws by denying a pregnant truck builder's request for ...

EEOC Files Two Lawsuits Alleging Violations of Pregnant Workers ...

In April of this year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule to implement the Pregnant Workers ...

Early EEOC Pregnant Worker Bias Suits Signal Enforcement Goals

The EEOC filed its first lawsuit under the PWFA Sept. 10 in Kentucky federal district court against Wabash National Corp. , a trucking ...

EEOC's Pregnancy Priority: The Commission Sues Three Employers ...

In September 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed lawsuits against three separate employers alleging violations of ...

Feds' PWFA enforcement picks up steam - HR Dive

In the first lawsuit, EEOC v. Wabash National Corporation, the commission alleged an employer denied a pregnant employee's accommodation ...

Recent EEOC Lawsuits Serve as a Reminder of Employer ...

One lawsuit, filed in Alabama, alleges that an off-road vehicle manufacturer violated the PWFA when it refused to provide a new employee with ...