With the goal of attracting more workers to the Bay State, a compromise bill has been drafted to address pay equity. The Frances Perkins Workplace Act (named after the first woman to serve as US Labor Secretary) will strengthen the … Read More
Acting with uncharacteristic speed, the EEOC released proposed rules for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), summarized here. Prior to the PWFA, pregnancy was not considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and even some pregnancy-related medical … Read More
Today, the US Supreme Court unanimously imposed a higher standard to measure an employer’s burden in granting a religious accommodation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Since 1977, the standard of undue hardship an employer had to … Read More