What You Should Know About the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
ADA Audio Conference Webinar Series
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Eastern Time
Sponsored by Great Lakes ADA Center and ADA National Network (ADANN)
For help, contact Great Lakes ADA Center: 1-877-232-1990 (Voice/TTY) or email webinars@accessibilityonline.org
Description:
This session will provide an overview of the new federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) statute, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The PWFA, effective on June 27, 2023, requires covered entities to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, and other related medical conditions, unless the accommodation would cause an undue hardship. Topics to be discussed include which entities and workers are covered by the PWFA; the definition of terms used in the PWFA; what employment practices are prohibited under the PWFA; and the PWFA’s relationship to other laws, among other topics.
To ensure your question is answered during the session, individuals are highly encouraged to submit their questions ahead of time via the registration website (the option to submit questions is available once you have registered for the session).
Human Generated Real-Time Captioning will be provided for this session.
Continuing Education Credits available: Certificate of Attendance: 1.5 hours
Speakers:
Kerry Leibig, Senior Attorney Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Session Questions:
This session is accepting questions from registered users. After you have registered to participate in this session you can submit your questions on your Account Manager page. Please note: the number of questions will be limited and submissions will be closed well before the session starts to provide time to prepare answers.
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