Interactive Process

New and Updated

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  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): Florida

  Updated to reflect a court ruling on accommodating medical marijuana use.

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  Letters and Forms

  Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA): Reasonable Accommodation Approval Letter

  This letter may be used to notify an employee that their requested accommodation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) has been approved.

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  Letters and Forms

  Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA): Medical Certification Form

  An employer may use this form, when reasonable under the circumstances, to request documentation supporting an employee's accommodation request under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).

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  Letters and Forms

  Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA): Interactive Process Letter

  An employer may use this form to document the interactive process with an employee requesting accommodation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).

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  Letters and Forms

  Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA): Reasonable Accommodation Denial Letter

  This letter may be used to notify an employee that their requested accommodation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) has been denied.

• Type:

  Letters and Forms

  Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA): Reasonable Accommodation Request Form

  An employer may use this form to memorialize in writing an employee's need for an accommodation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).

• Date:

  November 1, 2024

  Type:

  News

  First PWFA Settlement Highlights Importance of Interactive Process

  In the EEOC's first settlement under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a Florida beachfront hotel and resort has agreed to pay $100,000 in damages and implement various measures to ensure compliance with the PWFA.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): Minnesota

  Updated to reflect amendments regarding employer maintenance of employee health care coverage during a leave of absence taken as a pregnancy accommodation; the definition of disability; and service animals, effective August 1, 2024.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): Pennsylvania

  Updated to reflect disability discrimination protections under the Lehigh County Human Relations Ordinance, effective June 1, 2024.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): Missouri

  Updated to reflect amendments to the Kansas City Human Relations Ordinance adding pregnancy accommodation requirements for covered employers, effective February 11, 2024.