January 01, 2025
Where distinctions lie between the Americans with Disabilities Act and the recently enacted Pregnant Workers Fairness Act can be a vexing question for employers, but experts said the new year will give courts overseeing a handful of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cases a chance to sharpen the contrast.
October 11, 2024
A Florida federal judge on Friday approved a nearly $100,000 consent decree between a Florida resort and a line cook fired when she requested time off after a stillbirth, in one of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's first batch of cases accusing employers of violating the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
September 30, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued a Florida resort Monday for alleged discrimination for firing a female line cook who requested time off to recover from a stillbirth, saying the former employee qualified for accommodations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.