Due to new rights granted under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act), employers must display a new version of workplace posters.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently released two new posters with additional information about the new laws. The posters broadly explain workers' rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) also has updated its "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination Is Illegal" poster with new information about the PWFA, to be displayed starting on June 27.
When the federal Affordable Care Act first mandated pumping breaks in 2010, the law only applied to nonexempt workers under the FLSA. The new FLSA poster describes how those rights now extend to exempt employees, meaning salaried workers who are not entitled to overtime.
"It is important for employers to display the updated FLSA poster so employees, regardless of their position within a company or organization, are aware of the PUMP Act’s new requirements," said Alexandra Barnett, an attorney with Alston & Bird in Atlanta.
"Employers will want to replace the August 2016 version with the April 2023 version," said Mark Phillis, an attorney with Littler in Pittsburgh.
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