Becker's Healthcare April 15, 2024
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a final rule April 15 to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
The PWFA was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Dec. 29, 2022, and took effect last June. It requires most employers with at least 15 employees to provide “reasonable accommodations,” or changes at work, for a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the changes will cause the employer an undue hardship, according to the EEOC, which is tasked with enforcement and issued proposed regulations Aug. 7 for the PWFA.
The final rule and its accompanying interpretative...
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