Better Balance: U.S. House of Representatives Passes the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in Overwhelmingly Bipartisan Vote!
September 18, 2020
September 18, 2020
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (TNSRes) -- A Better Balance, a legal advocacy organization, issued the following statement on Sept. 17 by co-founder and Co-President Dina Bakst:
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA - H.R. 2694) in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. Every Democrat and a majority of Republicans voted yes. The PWFA would provide an explicit right for pregnant workers to request reasonable accommodations to stay . . .
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA - H.R. 2694) in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. Every Democrat and a majority of Republicans voted yes. The PWFA would provide an explicit right for pregnant workers to request reasonable accommodations to stay . . .