Employment Breakfast - Pregnancy Accommodation and Parental Leave
Hosted by Pierce Atwood LLP
Location, or Event type: Merrill's Wharf 254 Commercial Street Portland, ME 04101
Employment Breakfast - Pregnancy Accommodation and Parental Leave
, Hosted By Pierce Atwood LLP
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 6:00 AM - Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 7:30 AM
Recent court cases and legislation surrounding pregnancy accommodation and parental leave are requiring employers to rethink their policies. In our November employment program, we will explore these questions:
- Are employers required to accommodate pregnant employees who cannot perform their jobs?
- Do employers have to provide pregnant employees with a light duty assignment if they provide light duty to employees with work-related injuries?
- Can an employer require a pregnant employee to go on leave if she cannot perform the essential functions of the job, even with accommodations?
- Can employers require pregnant employees to go on leave if the job presents a danger to themselves or the developing fetus?
- How much maternity leave are employers required to provide?
- Are employers required to provide parental leave to employees whose spouses or partners are having pregnancy complications?
- Is a pregnant employee entitled to maternity leave if she does not qualify for FMLA (e.g., because she has not been employed for 12 months)?
- Are employers required to provide paid pregnancy or parental leave?
- Is it legal to provide more paid parental leave to women than to men?
- Is it legal to provide more paid leave to employees who give birth than to employees who adopt?
- Can childless employees bring discrimination claims if their employer provides generous paid leave benefits only to parents?
Join Meg LePage and Lily Rao at 8:00 am on Thursday, November 8, as they explore the answers to these questions.