Now available from the Legal Momentum website, free of charge, is the new fact sheet covering answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the new New York State Paid Family Leave Law. The law will take effect on January 1, 2018.
Pregnancy and Paid Leave
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Answers to frequently asked questions about New York State's paid family leave law.
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City bureaucrats refused to let a pregnant cop reschedule her sergeant’s exam — even though the test was on her due date.Now, thanks to a legal challenge by the determined officer, the city has changed its policy . . . .With the help of her union and lawyers from Legal Momentum, she filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. That led to a settlement with the city changing its policy.
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Both Thompson and the PBA repeatedly requested a new date, but were denied and instead offered “useless ‘accommodations’ — a pillow to sit on and extra time for the test — when she was already in labor,” according to Legal Momentum, a women’s-rights group that advocated on her behalf.
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New York City workers no longer have to risk missing career opportunities because they are, or may become, pregnant. The City has agreed to accommodate pregnant workers in significant ways in response to a charge brought before the EEOC by Legal Momentum on behalf of New York City Police Officer Akema Thompson.
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Civil service exams are often an avenue to well-paying, stable careers. This fact sheet describes the rights of pregnant women who seek to reschedule such an exam.
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On June 4, 2015, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) was re-introduced in Congress with bipartisan support. The bill calls for reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers and is modeled after the Americans with Disabilities
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The Supreme Court’s decision in Young v. UPS has several things going for it. Most importantly, it upholds the key principle of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) by making it clear that pregnant workers cannot be treated worse than other workers. Consistent with that principle, it precludes employers from unjustifiably excluding pregnant workers under a policy that already accommodates many of their colleagues.
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How many city officials does it take to figure out a reasonable accommodation for a pregnant police officer who is scheduled to take her promotional exam on the same day as her due date? In the case of Akema Thompson, who has been a police officer with the New York City Police Department for five years, the entire New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services ("DCAS") was apparently not enough.
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Legal Momentum applauds the Obama Administration's announcement yesterday of a number of initiatives that will strengthen families and bring more safety and productivity to workplaces.
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New Mexico teenager Karina Ramirez nearly dropped out of school just two weeks after the birth of her baby, because school officials said she had missed too many days. In fact, family responsibilities are the top reason why young women drop out of high school; the Gates Foundation found that 26% of students who dropped out of high school did so because they became a parent. Some are pushed out of school by administrators or teachers who don’t want parenting students there, and some just fall out of school because of inadequate support.
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A Know Your Rights fact sheet regarding the rights of pregnant and parenting students in schools and educational institutions.