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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 2417: May 11, 2017 Jerry Nadler (D-NY) 131 Died in committee S. 1101: May 11, 2017 Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) 27 Died in committee 116th Congress: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2019 H.R. 1112: May 14, 2019 Jerry Nadler (D-NY) 241 Passed in the House (329–73). [11] 117th Congress: Pregnant Workers ...
Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions — along with pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation — under the Pregnant ...
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act passed with widespread bipartisan support in December 2022 after a decade-long campaign by women's right advocates, who hailed it as a victory for low-wage ...
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires employers to provide "reasonable accommodations" to workers who need them due to pregnancy or childbirth.
A Better Balance played a leading role in the 2022 passage of the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which granted federal protections for pregnant and postpartum workers. [13] Representative Jerry Nadler credited a January 2012 New York Times op-ed, "Pregnant, and Pushed Out of a Job," penned by the organization's co-founder and co ...
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires that employers make reasonable accommodations for any and all qualified employees who are either pregnant or require child care resources. This bill sets forward procedures to enforce the law and protect pregnant employees from these discriminatory practices.
Pregnant and postpartum workers now have access to 'reasonable accommodations' after the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act went into effect on June 27. State laws, such as California's, that are more ...
In 2022, the organization helped championed passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a federal law meant to eliminate discrimination and ensure workplace accommodations for workers with known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. On December 29, 2022 President Joe Biden signed the PWFA into law.