Pregnant Worker Law Spurs Nearly 2,000 Initial Charges to EEOC

In the 11 months following the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s effective date, the EEOC received 1,869 charges from workers who claim their employers failed to provide them with required accommodations, according to the agency’s general counsel.

Most of the charges since the law went into effect in June 2023 have related to employers not providing or delaying accommodations for workers by requiring unnecessary medical documentation, Karla Gilbride told reporters and stakeholders at a briefing Thursday.

This was the case in what the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said was the first suit it has brought on a worker’s behalf under ...