Event Details

Legal Update—Compliance Guide to Pregnancy Discrimination

Synopsis of this Presentation:    This presentation will assist HR understand how to traverse the complicated requirements of reasonable accommodations, leaves of absence and the broad requirements of Nevada’s new state law.

Attendees will learn:

• Nevada Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act includes protections broader than the Affordable Care Act’s amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act and requires a good faith interactive process similar to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Employers are prohibited from requiring leave if there is another reasonable accommodation that would allow the employee to continue to work.
• Nevada employers with at least 15 employees are required to provide 3 notices – posted in the workplace, to employees upon hire, and to employees who provide notice of pregnancy.
• Employers should obtain an acknowledgment of receipt of the notice and train supervisors to ensure full compliance.

About the Presenter: Connye Harper, JD, SHRM-SCP, SHRP

Previously a litigator, Connye Harper's practice now focuses entirely on preventive counseling, management and staff training, policy development and nonprofit management. She is a recognized expert in the fields of employment practices, including sexual harassment and implicit bias, and has been quoted in many newspaper articles and magazines addressing these issues.
Specialties: Labor and Employment Law Compliance, Organizational Behavior, Nonprofit Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

She is a member of the prestigious College of Labor and Employment Law, the State Bar of Michigan, and a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School.

This meeting has been approved for 1 SHRM and HRCI Recertification credit

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