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 Sues Two Employers Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed lawsuits against two companies to enforce the Pregnant Workers ...

EEOC Ramps Up Enforcement of Pregnancy Discrimination Under ...

Just months after issuing its final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...

HR Trend Talks: Complying with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Since the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act went into effect in ... Feds File First Lawsuit Under Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: 8 Compliance ...

EEOC Files First Lawsuits Under PWFA - Cranfill Sumner LLP

On September 10, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed the first-ever lawsuit under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).

EEOC Sues Wabash National for Pregnancy Discrimination

“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 has been ...

First lawsuit under Pregnant Workers Fairness Act filed against ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it is the first federal lawsuit under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act since it took ...

EEOC Files First Lawsuits Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

The EEOC initiates its first lawsuits under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) following its April 2024 final rule.

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 Files Its First Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Lawsuit

While the law went into effect in June 2023, and EEOC regulations went into effect in June 2024, this is the first lawsuit the EEOC has filed to ...

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 ...

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Dentons

In less than three months, the EEOC has filed four Pregnant Workers Fairness Act lawsuits and entered into a public conciliation, clearly ...

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 request ...

EEOC Files First Lawsuit Under Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

The EEOC has filed its first Pregnant Workers Fairness Act lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

First PWFA Settlement: Employer Pays $47K

The agreement represents the first-ever settlement resolving a Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) complaint ... federal lawsuit in ...

What You Should Know About the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Yes, on June 27, 2023, the EEOC began accepting charges alleging violations of the PWFA. In some situations, workers affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or ...

EEOC files its first Pregnant Workers Fairness Act lawsuit - JJ Keller

Enacted in 2023, the law requires employers to accommodate employees with pregnancy-related health limitations. One employer was recently ...

Know Your Rights: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

In December 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. This federal law provides workers with the right ...

EEOC Final Rule Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ...

Less than one week after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or the “Commission”) published its final rule (“Final ...

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 ...