Update Your Employee Handbook Now: 18 Changes Required by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

by mikecostanzo | Oct 30, 2024 | Blog

By now, you probably know about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the new requirements for pregnancy accommodation. Maybe your employee handbook even has a pregnancy accommodation policy that incorporates the PWFA’s requirements. (If not, here’s a model pregnancy...

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Accommodation Ideas, Cautions, and Tips

by mikecostanzo | Oct 15, 2024 | Insight Briefings

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act changed employers’ decisions from whether an employee should be accommodated to how they should be accommodated. Almost all conditions related to pregnancy – morning sickness, back pain, fatigue, lactation, lifting restrictions,...

Answering Employers’ Questions about PWFA

by mikecostanzo | Jun 4, 2024 | Blog

I just listened to a very good webinar by Constangy’s Brooke Nixon about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Participants submitted many thoughtful questions. I’m going to expand on Nixon’s answers to some of them here. Q: When can medical documentation be requested...

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Handling a Request for Accommodation

by mikecostanzo | Jun 1, 2024 | Blog

I am grateful to HBR for publishing the article I wrote with Liz Morris of the Center for WorkLife Law about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. There is an urgent need to inform employers about the new law because many are unintentionally violating the law. The...

“But That Would Create a Precedent!”

by mikecostanzo | May 31, 2024 | Challenge Solver

Challenge: “One of our employees is pregnant and has severe, all-day morning sickness. She wants to work from home and her job is one that can be done remotely. But HR is saying no because it doesn’t want to set a precedent. Many employees want to work from home...