Stronger Pregnancy Protections in the Workplace
On May 6, 2016, Allegra L. Fishel, Executive Director and founder of the Gender Equality Law Center, was quoted in Mayor de Blasio and Human Rights Commissioner Carmelyn P. Malalis’ Press Release on stronger pregnancy protections in the workplace. The Commission released new guidelines that act as a roadmap to enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which defines violations of pregnancy protections under the NYC Human Rights Law and requires reasonable accommodations for
Pregnant Workers and Mothers-to-be Got a BIG Mother’s Day Present from the City of New York
— Better than flowers, a massage or breakfast in bed! On May 6, 2016, NYC released new guidelines that enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), a 2014 amendment to the NYC Human Rights Law that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to their pregnant employees. Although the PWFA has been in effect for two years, we know of countless women who have been denied reasonable accommodations during this time period and as a result were pushed out of the w
