- Posts by Marguerite (Maggie) McGowan Stringer
AssociateWhen employers face difficult workforce and business challenges, they turn to Maggie Stringer, a versatile litigator and creative problem solver.
Her background in litigating complex business disputes and defending employers ...
Less than one week after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or the “Commission”) published its final rule (“Final Rule”) and interpretive guidance to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), seventeen states jointly filed a complaint seeking to enjoin and set aside the portions of the Final Rule providing for abortion-related accommodations. And just a few weeks later, two more states filed suit on the same grounds.
As discussed in more depth here, the PWFA requires covered entities to reasonably accommodate qualified employees ...
On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or the “Commission”) published its final rule (“Final Rule”) and interpretive guidance to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The Final Rule will take effect on June 18, 2024.
Although the PWFA borrows language and concepts that employers are already familiar with from existing federal protections, the Commission’s proposed rule to implement the PWFA (“Proposed Rule”), issued in August 2023, emphasized that the PWFA’s protections are broader and intended to cover ...
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