This year, the California Legislature passed and the Governor approved the Contraceptive Equity Act of 2022 (Senate Bill 523 or SB 523), a piece of legislation intended to increase the ability of Californians to exercise full control over their reproductive decisions and to expand coverage and decrease access barriers to reproductive health services.
Among other
By Gage C. Dungy and Joshua Goodman
The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) has released amendments to a number of its regulations that will become effective on April 1, 2016. In general, many of the updates bring the regulations into conformity with recent changes to the law and court decisions interpreting the
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to hear the appeal of Peggy Young. She wants the Court to decide whether, and in what circumstances, the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (“PDA”) requires an employer to provide work accommodations to pregnant employees. If the Supreme Court decides to take this case, it might possibly
New Fair Employment and Housing Commission regulations took effect December 30, 2012 and deal with disability discrimination. This blog post will focus on the impact of the new regulations on issues related to pregnancy and the treatment of pregnancy related conditions as disabilities.
The new regulations expand the scope of pregnancy related conditions that can
This guest post was authored by Judith S. Islas
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Sanchez v. Swissport, Inc., is a case of widespread importance, impacting the rights of employees disabled by pregnancy and pregnancy related-conditions. In this case, the Court considered the plight of Anna Sanchez. After becoming pregnant, she was diagnosed