In the past few months, the EEOC issued the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act final regulations and several important case decisions under Title VII of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Attend this live virtual training with attorney Debra D’Agostino to find out what you need to know and do to comply with these two laws and their regulations, as well as the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act.
You’ll explore reasonable accommodation as it applies to pregnant employees and get examples of potential accommodations the EEOC considers to be simple. You’ll also learn the scope of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and how it applies today, including regarding fertility treatment, miscarriage, and abortion.
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The training includes interactive Q&A, so you can get Ms. D’Agostino’s expert guidance on the new situations and unfamiliar mandates you face under these laws.
Debra D’Agostino, a Founding Partner of the Federal Practice Group and leader of the firm’s federal employment law team, focuses on providing representation to federal employees worldwide in a wide range of matters against federal agencies, including EEO complaints and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hearings, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) appeals, U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) complaints, and replying to proposed adverse actions or disciplinary actions. She has more than 20 years of experience in this complicated area of the law and has obtained successful outcomes for her clients, including findings of liability in discrimination claims and reversals of adverse actions such as removals. Additionally, Ms. D’Agostino has represented clients in appellate matters before the EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations, the MSPB, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal, Fourth, and D.C. Circuits.
Ms. D’Agostino is a popular presenter of webinars including the recent Pregnant and Nursing Employees: Meeting Agencies’ New Accommodation and Anti-Discrimination Requirements and Religious Accommodation in the Federal Workplace: Answering Your Agency’s Tough Questions, both available on-demand from LRP Federal Webinars. She is also a frequent speaker at LRP’s annual FDR Training attended by federal government employees from agencies nationwide.