Complying with New Pregnancy & Postpartum Accommodation Rules

Employers have brand-new legal obligations to reasonably accommodate workers expanding their families. The EEOC just announced expansive new proposed regulations that may require leave for everything pregnancy-related. If a reasonable accommodation is available, you can’t choose to send the employee home on unpaid leave instead if she wants to work.

With today’s free gift, understand why forcing a pregnant worker to take leave isn’t a reasonable accommodation under the new PWFA if she could feasibly continue working.