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What to Expect (From Your Employer) When You’re Expecting
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Presented by the Labor and Employment Law Section
Early in 2023, Congress passed the Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act, which went into effect on June 27, 2023. The EEOC released its final regulations for the PWFA on April 19, 2024 and those went into effect on June 18, 2024. The PWFA aims to protect pregnant workers and their pregnancies by codifying pregnancy discrimination as unlawful and requiring that employers provide reasonable accommodation. This session will cover the PWFA’s scope, definitions, and protections, as well as its similarities and differences with the ADA and the PDA. EEOC attorney Jillian Edmonds will provide an overview of the new law, examples of recent cases filed under the PWFA and answer questions about the PWFA.
Program Co-chairs:
Syreeta A. Tyrell, Melissa Posner Jarrett, Audrey Chastain, Alden A. Thomas
Faculty:
Jillian Edmunds, EEOC Trial Attorney
Alden A Thomas
Audrey Elaine Chastain, Associate, Snell & Wilmer LLP
is a labor and employment associate with Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience & Cognitive Science and her B.S.H.S. in Physiology in 2014 from the University of Arizona and received her law degree from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2017. In addition to co-chairing the State Bar Labor & Employment Section Tucson Lunch CLE Committee, Audrey serves on the Executive Committee for the Tucson Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and is a member of the Tucson Metro Chamber's Military Affairs Committee.
