Coronavirus in the Workplace
If you’re pregnant and work in NY–the epicenter of the outbreak–and you’re still required to report to the workplace, either…
If you’re pregnant and work in NY–the epicenter of the outbreak–and you’re still required to report to the workplace, either…
You know, I know a lot of folks have now lost their job already as a result of this crisis,…
I mentioned in a video here last week that if you work for any employer in New York City and…
If you’re a pregnant employee working for any company in the United States with at least 15 employees, you’re entitled…
(Republished from InStyle Magazine, Nov. 21, 2019) Maternity leave isn’t going to help a woman who’s being demoralized at work…
If you’re pregnant, business travel can be difficult, especially if you’re having complications. What are your legal rights and what conversation should you have with your boss?
Does your boss need to allow you time for a doctor’s appointment during the work day? If they don’t, is this discrimination? Can they impose any requirements?
Elizabeth Warren’s new proposals to ensure reproductive rights are timely, radical, and necessary.
Under federal law, since 2010, women returning from maternity leave who are breastfeeding, nursing parents – are entitled to a clean, private, non-restroom, non-bathroom space in which to express milk; to take a break and to lactate on a similar schedule to what your baby would be doing, nursing, if you were home, two or three times a day. Otherwise, it’s very painful, you can develop mastitis, it may interfere permanently with your ability to breastfeed, and it’s illegal.
To treat you equally as a woman, to not permit you to be sexually harassed, to not permit you to be working in an environment that may be hostile to women in general, and you in particular; to ensure that your work environment for the nine months of your pregnancy is flexible, isn’t hostile; that you are able to come back from maternity leave that your employer must provide for you, and they must provide a place for you to express milk after you come back from your maternity leave.