Bipartisan Passage of Workplace Laws Puts Employers on Notice

An unusually productive 2022 for employment legislation in Congress represents a shift for women in the workplace as businesses adapt their training and policies after the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and the #MeToo movement.

Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the PUMP Act as part of the 2023 government funding bill late last year. The bills require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees in the workplace, and expand protections and close employer loopholes for nursing parents who need to pump at work, respectively.

And earlier in the year, President Joe Biden signed bills that ended ...