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El Embarazo y La Lactancia en El Trabajo: Lo Que Deben Saber Las Trabajadoras de Nueva York

En la Ciudad de Nueva York y en el Estado de Nueva York, la ley de Ajustes por el Embarazo del Estado de Nueva York y la Ley de Equidad para Trabajadoras Embarazadas de la Ciudad de Nueva York ambas requieren que los empleadores proporcionen ajustes razonables – o modificaciones en los deberes del trabajo—con fin de ayudar a las trabajadoras embarazadas a mantenerse saludable y capaces de trabajar, a menos que sea una dificultad o un costo excesivo para el empleador.

FAQs: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

  • September 2, 2020

The purpose of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 2694) is to keep pregnant workers healthy and on the job. It is a flexible framework that is not one-size fits…

Court Approves $14 Million Settlement Agreement with Pregnant Workers from 2013-2014

Pregnant workers represented by co-counsel A Better Balance, Mehri & Skalet, PLLC and the National Women’s Law Center announced that on April 29, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois approved a settlement in the amount of $14 million in the matter of Borders v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 3:17-cv-0506 (S.D. Ill.). The settlement pays for claims by pregnant workers that they had requested but were denied workplace accommodations at Walmart between March 19, 2013 and March 5, 2014.
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