{"id":5568,"date":"2024-04-17T12:49:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/?p=5568"},"modified":"2025-02-05T09:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T14:25:38","slug":"what-to-expect-under-the-eeocs-final-regulation-on-the-pregnant-workers-fairness-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/what-to-expect-under-the-eeocs-final-regulation-on-the-pregnant-workers-fairness-act.html","title":{"rendered":"What to Expect Under the EEOC&#8217;s Final Regulation on the Pregnant Workers&#8217; Fairness Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued final regulations that clarify the obligation of employers to provide reasonable accommodation to pregnant workers under the Pregnant Workers\u2019 Fairness Act (PWFA) that went into effect in June 2023.\u00a0 While employers should review the final regulations<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/public-inspection\/2024-07527\/implementation-of-the-pregnant-workers-fairness-act\"> linked here<\/a>\u00a0for further details, some highlights from new regulations are discussed below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Employer\u2019s Obligations Under the PWFA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The PWFA requires employers of 15 or more to provide reasonable accommodations \u201cto the known limitations of a qualified employee related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, absent undue hardship.\u201d\u00a0 The regulations specify that employers are prohibited from:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/what-to-expect-under-the-eeocs-final-regulation-on-the-pregnant-workers-fairness-act.html\"  title=\"Continue Reading What to Expect Under the EEOC&#8217;s Final Regulation on the Pregnant Workers&#8217; Fairness Act\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued final regulations that clarify the obligation of employers to provide reasonable accommodation to pregnant workers under the Pregnant Workers\u2019 Fairness Act (PWFA) that went into effect in June 2023.\u00a0 While employers should review the final regulations linked here\u00a0for further details, some highlights from new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,247],"tags":[],"coauthors":[139],"class_list":["post-5568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-labor-employment-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What to Expect Under the EEOC&#039;s Final Regulation on the Pregnant Workers&#039; Fairness Act &#8212; April 17, 2024 &#8212; Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook &amp; Cooper, P.C. 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