Resources
Sample Forms
Looking for practical tools that can help you improve your current effectiveness in managing pregnant, parenting, and caregiving employees? These sample forms developed in partnership with WorkLife Law, can help your HR team to start asking the right questions and start developing initiatives that better support caregiving employees. (Note: you will need to register for a free account to access our Resources.)
Briefings
Our Briefings bring together legal requirements, social psychology research, management principles, and best practices to provide HR with in-depth information about issues relating to pregnant, parenting, and caregiving employees.
Medical Documentation and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
When an employee comes to you with a request for a pregnancy accommodation, your first instinct may be to reach for your Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations packet, including a medical form for the employee’s doctor to fill out that details the employee’s...
A Step Toward Preventing Caregiver Discrimination: Work Coverage Plans
Jill Traxler says that when she went out on leave to care for her mother, her supervisor in the Multnomah County government told her that her absences had caused a lot of things to be left undone and people had to cover her work while she was gone; she was terminated...
Key Federal & State Laws
Staying on the right side of the law has become more difficult with the passage of new laws and expansive interpretation of existing laws. The laws overlap, requiring careful coordination. We can help you figure out which federal, state, and local laws apply to your organization and chart a practical course for compliance.
Our Latest Challenge Solver
“But That Would Create a Precedent!”
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 and...
Selected Studies
- Caring Locally for Caregivers: How State and Local Laws Protect Family Caregivers from Discrimination at Work, by Cynthia Thomas Calvert and Jessica Lee (AARP Public Policy Institute, 2021)
- Protecting Parents During Covid-19: State and Local FRD Laws Prohibit Discrimination at Work, by Cynthia Thomas Calvert (2020)