Federal Judge: EEOC Exceeded Authority With Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Rule

(June 18, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — One business day after an Arkansas federal judge ruled that Tennessee and 16 other states lack standing to sue the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission challenging the portions of regulations “to carry out”  the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) that deal with abortion, a federal judge in Louisiana on June 17 partially granted preliminary injunction motions by Louisiana and Mississippi and several Catholic entities postponing the effective date of the EEOC’s final rule that implements and interprets the PWFA....