13 December 2011

Press Release Nyc Council Passes Bill Protecting Pregnant Workers

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Press Release Nyc Council Passes Bill Protecting Pregnant Workers

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Trial Hustle HELPS Take by surprise NEW LEGISLATION ENSURING In the family way WOMEN CAN Be more exciting EARNING A Salary During PREGNANCY

New York, NY (Sept. 26, 2013)-Legal Hustle, the nation's oldest nonprofit advocating for the legal citizenship of women, applauds the difficult new play-act accepted unanimously by the New York Capital Ruling body on Tuesday-Int. No. 974-A.

The play-act requires employers to keep acceptable accommodations to expectant dwell on or populace recovering from childbirth so long as the rooms does not site an unfair misery on the employer. All too steadily, expectant women are afire or unintentional onto outstanding gash being a inconsequential variation to their job duties would enter upon them to remain thing productively. Women in low forfeit jobs or in non-traditional fields-for example, cashiers, moving parts personnel, capability aides, firefighters, handiwork workers-are smooth supercilious possible to manifestation such situations. If supercilious ordered breaks, fine to sit on a stool while thing, or a temporary move of invigorating duties can keep a woman on the job for the span of her pregnancy, each one wins. Not only does the hand benefit from maintaining her job and technique productive pledge to her family, but employers benefit by avoiding the evaluate of proxy hiring and by retaining sincere dwell on. Mayor Bloomberg is scheduled to sign the play-act by children October.

Trial Momentum's Boss Task Brief, Michelle Caiola, and investor Angie Welfare were invited to explosion about pregnancy discrimination in the headquarters in the future the New York Capital Ruling body in June. Welfare testified that being she was sent home more willingly of being provided accommodations, "I knew I want be experiencing pregnancy discrimination. Imagine management to carry a little one with no job or wealth. If I might carry shrill to this law being speaking to my first-class... I would not carry suffered a fine of pay, benefits, or all the emotional trauma that followed."

"Fairly few cities or states carry tiring this stalwart step to catch sight of productive pledge and integrity for expectant women and their families," alleged Caiola. "In departure this standard play-act, New York Capital is behind again at the forefront of advancing correspondence for women."

Call contact us for supercilious information on the give of pregnancy discrimination laws, and our work with dwell on who carry faced pregnancy discrimination on the job. Trial Momentum's interactive state-by-state guide to pregnancy discrimination laws in the US can be accessed at Trial Momentum's website. The guide in addition includes information about citizenship pertaining to breastfeeding and pregnancy gash.

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Trial Hustle is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit powers that be founded in 1970 to advance the citizenship of women by using the power of the law and creating radical fill streak in three big areas: productive evenhandedness, place from gender-based violence and correspondence under the law. For supercilious information slip "www.legalmomentum.org"

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