On Dec. 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill, which featured two new laws: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP) Act. Both laws create a new class of protections for qualifying employees who, until now, were not entitled to the reasonable accommodation process afforded by existing laws.
Allen Shoikhetbrod
Effective as of June 27, 2023, the PWFA requires employers to offer reasonable accommodations for qualifying federal, private, and public sector employees with known limitations due to pregnancy, childbirth, or other related medical problems outlined under the Act. Employers, federal agencies, and other labor organizations with more than 15 employees must comply with the new law unless doing so would place an undue burden on the operations of the business.
Michael Macomber
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