A final rule implementing the requirements of the PWFA will take effect on June 18, as scheduled, after one federal court dismissed a challenge by several states attorneys general. However, another court exempted two states from certain abortion-related regulations.
Pregnant employees in New York will soon be entitled to paid leave for prenatal care and paid lactation breaks, as a result of two new laws signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Minnesota employers that provide an employee handbook are required by law to include in the handbook a notice of employee rights and remedies under the state's pregnancy and lactation accommodation law. Employers can fulfill this legal requirement by adding the Minnesota pregnancy and lactation accommodation notice as an addendum to their handbook.