Earlier this week, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Susan Davis (D-CA), introduced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. What’s in the bill and how will it affect employers? Find out after the jump… * * * According to a press release from Rep. Nadler, the…
My loyal readers know that yesterday the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a public meeting to discuss pregnancy discrimination and caregiver issues. Conversely, my disloyal readers can go to hell. No, no, I forgive you. Just send me a check and we’ll call it even. *** Takes meds *** ***…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting on the subject of pregnancy discrimination and caregiver issues at 9:30 a.m. today in Washington, DC. If you are in the area, feel free to stop by. The meeting is open to the public. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99j0zLuNhi8 According to this…
I have no idea. I was hoping that one of you could help me out. Oh, wait, I’m supposed to be the expert here. Ok. Fine. I’ll play some music and dish the deets — hint, it has something to do with the picture — after the jump… * *…
That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post”. The answer to today’s question is fiction. Pregnancy is not a “disability” for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities…
I can pinpoint the exact moment that this blog transcended to the next level of internet excellence. It was back in late March, when I blogged here about a female bartender/server who had sued her employer, the Wild Beaver Saloon, for pregnancy discrimination. The retweets that day were off the…
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY14] is at it again. A sponsor of a bill that would greatly expand the scope and reach of the FMLA, Rep. Maloney has co-sponsored another bill, the Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011, which would amend both the Fair Labor Standards Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…
Congratulations! Because you are reading this post, you somehow made it past your company’s internet firewall. That, or you’re a horny perv, Googling some effed-up search terms. But I’m a lawyer; I don’t judge. Either way, continue reading. After the jump, it’s the female bartender/server who is now suing her…