Pregnancy

Workplace issues while pregnant discussed in the Employee Rights Reporter, the blog provided by Sass Law Firm’s employment attorneys.

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: 2025 in Review

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: 2025 in Review

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In 2025, the EEOC significantly increased enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), filing multiple lawsuits against employers who denied reasonable accommodations, forced unpaid leave, or terminated pregnant workers. This review highlights key cases, lactation protections, postpartum recovery rights, and what Florida employees need to know about pregnancy discrimination under federal law.

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picture of an older man looking disapprovingly at the belly of a pregnant woman PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION

Pregnant and Nursing Workers Gain Workplace Protections

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On December 22, 2022, President Biden signed the 2023 federal Omnibus spending bill into law.  Nestled in the law were two provisions extending workplace protections for pregnant and nursing workers. These provisions were the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”). Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act

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Supreme Court of Florida Confirms that Only Female Humans Can Get Pregnant

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Last week in Delva v. The Continental Group, Inc., the Supreme Court of Florida held that the Florida state law prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sex includes pregnancy discrimination.  Significantly, in support of its analysis, the Court recognized the obvious—namely that pregnancy is “a natural condition unique to females and a primary characteristic of the female

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