Pregnancy

HR ALERT If your employee handbook is missing a “Pregnancy Accommodations” policy, fix that ASAP!

February 22, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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If you missed The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour on Friday, head on over to The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel — be sure to subscribe while you are there — and check out the replay. Among the topics that Robin Shea and I discussed was the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Continue reading

Ok, so what employment-related claims can a man with a pregnant wife file?

February 18, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Yesterday, I told you that a man couldn’t bring a pregnancy bias claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But, a bunch of you actual and aspiring employee-rights attorneys had ideas to prove me wrong.

You…you’ve got a gift, my friend. Continue reading

Can a man bring a pregnancy discrimination claim? (Yeah, you read that right.)

February 17, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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One of your employees shows up at Human Resources with a laundry list of complaints.

It must be one of those days that end in a “y.”

Five ways that a Biden presidency may reshape employment law and HR-compliance

November 9, 2020 | by Eric B. Meyer

Once the networks called the presidential election for Joe Biden over the weekend, something dawned on me. Maybe, I should write about how the new administration may impact employment law.

I mean, what other employment lawyer/blogger would think to do that? Dibs! Continue reading

The legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lives on as lawmakers seek fairness for pregnant workers

September 21, 2020 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Discord lies ahead in the coming weeks as 100 Senators will indeed wage a fierce battle to address the new Supreme Court opening that the passing of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday created. Yet, there was still harmonic support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for this champion of equal rights. Continue reading

It’s okay to invite employees to request disability accommodations, plus other brand new EEOC COVID-19 guidance!

June 12, 2020 | by Eric B. Meyer

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As a best practice, and in advance of having some or all employees return to the workplace, are there ways for an employer to invite employees to request flexibility in work arrangements?

That’s the first of six coronavirus-related questions that the EEOC answered yesterday as part of its oft-updated “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws.” Continue reading

The EEOC’s 42-minute COVID-19 webinar explained in about 4.2 minutes.

March 31, 2020 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Sound good to you?

But, the baby! 27,000 more reasons not to stop pregnant women from working.

February 6, 2020 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Nearly three years ago to the day, I provided 55,000 reasons to allow your pregnant employees to be exposed to toxic chemicals at work. Continue reading

The “harassing, stalking, disturbing, and menacing” plaintiff lost her discrimination case. Go figure.

January 21, 2020 | by Eric B. Meyer

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It’s bad enough when a federal judge refers to a plaintiff-employee’s behavior towards her manager as “harassing, stalking, disturbing, and menacing.” And, I apologize that I didn’t have enough room in the title of this blog post to mention the plaintiff’s profanity and fighting at work, or her arrests for drunk driving and drug possession.

So, you’d think that the plaintiff would cut and run after the district court dismissed her claims for pregnancy, sex, race, and religious discrimination claims. But, the plaintiff who referred to herself at work as “crazy” and “psycho” decided to appeal to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

And how do you think that went for the plaintiff? Continue reading

A bipartisan federal bill proposes to require nursing mom protections for all female employees.

January 20, 2020 | by Eric B. Meyer

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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide new moms with reasonable break time and a private place to pump breastmilk.

Well, not all new moms; just the non-exempt workers; i.e., the overtime-eligible employees. But, new bipartisan legislation proposed last week in the Senate will change all that. Continue reading