The New Bermuda Triangle of Pregnancy Laws – The PDA, PWFA, & PUMP Act
Event Date:
July 2, 2025
Event Time:
10:00 AM PDT
Event Description
We’ll explain the trio of pregnancy laws (PDA, PWFA, & the PUMP Act), their legal framework, limitations, & accommodations under each.
Course Overview:
With the newer generation entering the workforce, pregnancy laws have been strengthened to support those who choose to start families. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), and the Pump for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act) are designed to protect and support pregnant and nursing employees.
Referred to as the “NEW” Bermuda Triangle of laws, these have been causing confusion for employers and creating significant risks for discrimination/ retaliation claims. The difficulty arises from navigating each law’s requirements and balancing them with accommodations relating to employees’ rights.
Listen as Ms. Janette S Levey, an experienced Employment Attorney, provides an overview of the PDA, PWFA, and the PUMP Act frameworks and when employers are required to provide accommodations to eligible employees.
We’ll also weave in the different state and local laws that also come into play when you’re dealing with pregnancy and lactation accommodation laws at the state and local level. We’ll discuss FAQs on what constitutes an appropriate accommodation. We’ll cover documentation requirements that would support these requests for accommodation, particularly those that would remove essential job functions or require remote work.
Areas Covered:
#1. Introduction
#2. Legal framework (covered employers, eligible employees, reasonable accommodations, limitations, etc.)
- PDA
- PWFA
- The PUMP Act
#3. Areas needing attention
- Triggering events
- Documentation requirements
- Notice requirements
- Leave vs. light duty or other accommodations
- Possible conflicts
#4. Case studies
#5. State/local leave law considerations
#6. Litigation and recent actions by the EEOC
#7. Takeaways for HR Practitioners
Why should you attend?
HR must be able to guide their employers through the PDA, PWFA, and the PUMP Act requirements to ensure compliance and avoid discrimination and retaliation claims. You must also understand where the laws may cause confusion and how to mitigate the risk of enforcement action.
There are different state and local laws that also come into play when HR has to contend with pregnancy and lactation accommodations. This 90-minute webinar will provide clarity on all of the above, so you are in the best position to deal with these laws and accommodations at your organization.
Who will benefit:
- HR Professionals (all levels)
- Legal counsel
- Employee relations
- Small business owners
- CEOs, CPOs
- Law firms
About the Instructor:
Janette S Levey, “The Employer’s Lawyer” has over 20 years of legal experience, more than 10 of which she has spent in Employment Law. It was during her tenure as sole in-house counsel for a mid-size staffing company headquartered in Central New Jersey, with operations all over the continental US, that she truly developed her passion for Employment Law.
Janette operates under this core belief: It is possible, and it is in an employer’s best interest, to proactively solve workforce challenges before they become problems, before they result in lawsuits or steep fines caused by government audits.
Janette works with employers on most employment law issues, to ensure that employers are in the best position possible to avoid litigation, audits, employee relations problems, and the attendant, often exorbitant costs. Janette authors the firm’s weekly blog, where you can read each week, in plain English (not legalese) about issues impacting employers today. Janette has written articles on many different employment law issues for many publications, including EEO Insight, Staffing Industry Review, @Law, and Chief Legal Officer.
Janette is a contributing author to the legal treatise, Employment Contracts and Agreements: A Guide for Corporate Counsel, published by LexisNexis in 2024.
Janette currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for Child and Family Resources of Morris County, New Jersey.
Refund Policy:
Attendees may cancel up to two working days before the course start date and the refund will be processed within two working days.
We will process/provide a refund if the webinar is canceled. Refunds will not be given to participants who do not attend the webinar. On-demand recordings can be requested in exchange. Webinar may be canceled due to lack of enrolment or unavoidable factors. Attendees will be notified 24 hours in advance if a cancellation occurs. Substitutions can happen anytime.
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