The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is a crucial law for pregnant workers despite an abortion dispute complicating its enforcement. States banning abortion have led to increased out-of-state travel for abortion care. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations are at the center of the dispute, detailing how employers should comply with the law, including abortion as a pregnancy-related condition.
Two Republican states won an injunction blocking abortion-related parts of the EEOC's pregnant worker accommodation rule days after another court rejected a similar challenge to the regulations — dueling decisions that may trigger parallel appeals. https://t.co/mrrinavYjO https://t.co/KzCjM5SF8u
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The dispute centers on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations that detail how employers should comply with the law, and which included abortion among the pregnancy-related conditions that entitle workers to time off and other accommodations. https://t.co/MhpZH2VRQG
Since states have been allowed to ban abortion in the wake of Dobbs, out-of-state travel for abortion care has more than doubled. That’s why it’s essential that the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act covers taking time off for abortion care: https://t.co/fUvBp1Jm8O
This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement https://t.co/AEsgjp8vSl https://t.co/5vpiYp7qfB
U.S. law for pregnant workers a lifeline even as an abortion dispute complicates enforcement https://t.co/4XSZd6l6Av