Pregnancy

Workplace issues while pregnant discussed in the Employee Rights Reporter, the blog provided by Sass Law Firm’s employment attorneys.

picture of an older man looking disapprovingly at the belly of a pregnant woman PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION

Pregnant and Nursing Workers Gain Workplace Protections

On December 22, 2022, President Biden signed the 2023 federal Omnibus spending bill into law.  Nestled in the law were two provisions extending workplace protections for pregnant and nursing workers. These provisions were the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”). Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act …

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Supreme Court of Florida Confirms that Only Female Humans Can Get Pregnant

Last week in Delva v. The Continental Group, Inc., the Supreme Court of Florida held that the Florida state law prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sex includes pregnancy discrimination.  Significantly, in support of its analysis, the Court recognized the obvious—namely that pregnancy is “a natural condition unique to females and a primary characteristic of the female …

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