Maternity and Pregnancy

New and Updated

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Family, Medical, Parental, Exigency, Safe and Bereavement Leave Handbook Statement [50+ Employees]: Vermont

  Updated title (formerly Parental and Family Leave Handbook Statement [50+ Employees]: Vermont), threshold, statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the Vermont Parental and Family Leave Act, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  FMLA: Vermont

  Updated to reflect amendments to family and medical leave and short-term family leave, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Short-Term Family Leave Handbook Statement: Vermont

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect an amendment expanding the definition of qualifying family member, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  FMLA: Colorado

  Updated to reflect forthcoming amendment regarding paid family and medical leave duration. 

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  New York City Expands Earned Sick and Safe Time

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Parental Leave Handbook Statement: Maryland

  Updated guidance to include information on a forthcoming amendment to the Parental Leave Act concerning employer coverage.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  FMLA: Washington

  Updated to reflect forthcoming amendments to the paid family and medical leave law.

• Date:

  May 23, 2025

  Type:

  News

  Court Cancels PWFA Abortion Accommodations

  A federal district court has vacated Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) regulations to the extent that they include abortion as a "related medical condition" of pregnancy and childbirth.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Washington Enacts Healthy Starts Act

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): Minnesota

  Updated to reflect forthcoming amendments to the Minneapolis Civil Rights Ordinance related to disability and pregnancy accommodations.