Amtrak, Chik-Fil-A Franchise Hit With EEOC Pregnancy Law Charges

Amtrak and a Chik-Fil-A Inc. franchise have been targeted by some of the earliest publicly-disclosed charges filed with the EEOC under a law that expands protections for pregnant workers.

A Better Balance, a nonprofit advocacy organization, submitted the charges to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Wednesday, on behalf of workers who say they were denied reasonable pregnancy-related accommodations required under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

The PWFA, which passed Congress with bipartisan support in late 2022, was meant to solve the issue of patchwork protections and varying case law covering pregnant workers. It builds upon previous discrimination protections, ...