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On May 14, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) in a 315-101 vote, moving the bill to the Senate for consideration. If passed, private sector employers with 15 or more employees and public sector employers will be required to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers (i.e., employees and job applicants with known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions). However, employers are not required to make an accommodation if it imposes an undue hardship on the employer’s business.
The PWFA makes it illegal to deny pregnant workers employment opportunities, retaliate against pregnant workers for requesting reasonable accommodations, and to force pregnant workers to take paid or unpaid leave if another reasonable accommodation is available. Private sector employees who are denied a reasonable accommodation under the PWFA w
May 17, 2021 6:03 AM By Brandon Lee
For a nation mired in a pandemic for more than a year, the biggest step toward a return to normal came suddenly, even to President Joe Biden.
After warning the country last Monday to stay vigilant amid the threat of coronavirus variants, the president found himself three days later striking a different tone, celebrating that the U.S. had already reached a sort of finish line.
Late Wednesday evening, Bidenâs White House learned from Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that vaccinated Americans could safely shed the face masks that have become a staple of their wardrobes in almost all occasions.
Visit was the same day Greene suggest Nancy Pelosi could be executed for treason.https://t.co/QgcJucs4o8
This is a must read by @greenfield64 do not skip this one. | A GOP Civil War? Don’t Bet On It. https://t.co/PfmUX59ama via @politico It wasn’t too many years ago when NPR was a bold, truth-telling news organization and the PBS NewsHour was a bastion of timidity. But at some point during the Trump era, their roles reversed. https://t.co/2m8J5TTXlC There really is no coherent governing philosophy or moral purpose to the Republican Party.
After the House of Representatives passed a bill that would protect pregnant workers from discrimination, President Joe Biden lauded U.S. Rep. John Katko and two other lawmakers who introduced the
U.S. Department of Labor’s DOL Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing that the nonfarm economy added only 266,000 jobs in April 2021, well short of the 1 million jobs that many economists were predicting.