The District of Columbia’s Office of Human Rights has released an update to the Protecting Pregnant Workers Fairness Act notice, which has a revision date of 1/3/19. The notice includes new information on what happens after an employee files an accommodation or discrimination violation complaint against an employer. New Process for Handling Complaints Employees who […]
On May 17, 2018, the Governor of South Carolina signed the Pregnancy Accommodations Act, an amendment to the state’s Human Affairs Law. The South Carolina Human Affairs Commission (SCHAC) has just released a major update to the Employment Discrimination notice, which includes information about the new Pregnancy Accommodations Act, as well as additional requirements of the Human […]
We want to share the following information with our Massachusetts customers regarding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which went into effect on April 1, 2018. The Act is an amendment to the Massachusetts discrimination in employment law, enforced by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD). The new law prohibits employment discrimination based on pregnancy or […]
Before leaving office, former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie signed Assembly Bill 2294, an expansion to the Law Against Discrimination (LAD), which provides protections for women who are breastfeeding. While the law went into effect on January 1, 2018, updates to the three Discrimination notices were published by the New Jersey Division on Civil […]
A few months ago, we reported on Vermont’s new pregnancy accommodation law—An Act Relating to Accommodations for Pregnant Employees—which went into effect on January 1, 2018. The poster has just been released by the state’s Department of Labor, and we will be sending the updated Vermont poster out to customers very soon. What Employers & […]
The City of San Francisco just released updates to two of its labor law notices, effective January 1, 2018, which means a new San Francisco poster will soon be on its way to our clients. Labor Law Updates in the City by the Bay Health Care Security Ordinance As per the previous notice, businesses with […]
“Start spreading the news…” New York City’s Human Rights Commission just released an update to its pregnancy rights in the workplace poster. The updated poster, now titled Pregnancy Accommodations at Work, includes additional details of the NYC Human Rights Law that employers and employees in “the city that never sleeps” need to know. What’s Changing in […]
In May of 2017, Vermont’s governor signed a new law, An Act Relating to Accommodations for Pregnant Employees, which goes into effect on January 1, 2018. The law includes a workplace posting requirement. No pregnant pause here—details of this law are outlined below. What Employers & Employees Need to Know Under the law, an employer […]
Based on the passage of An Act Concerning Pregnant Women in the Workplace (the Act), Connecticut just released its Pregnancy Discrimination and Accommodation in the Workplace notice, which must be posted by all employers with 3 or more employees. The Act expands protections for pregnant employees and applicants under Connecticut’s Fair Employment Practices Act (CFEPA). […]
The State of Washington recently passed The Healthy Starts Act (Senate Bill 5835). Under the Act, employers with 15 or more employees are required to make reasonable accommodations for all pregnant employees, regardless of a disability. What Employers Need to Know First and foremost, the Department of Labor & Industries (DLI) has informed us that […]
We recently reported that on June 2, 2017, Nevada passed the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act, a law that will go into effect on October 1, 2017. Some details of the law have been included below. However, while we were updating our Nevada poster, the Office of the Labor Commissioner released workplace notices for two more […]
On June 2, 2017, Nevada passed the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act. The law goes into effect on October 1, 2017; however, the workplace notice requirement went into effect on June 2, when the law was signed by the governor. The Nevada Equal Rights Commission just released the new notice, so we are working hard to […]