Five cautions for employers.

An employer’s motion for summary judgment in a lactation accommodation case was denied this week, meaning that if the case doesn’t settle, it will go to trial.

And be aware that everything in this case happened before the latest federal laws governing in this area – the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act – were even enacted, much less in effect. So if you don't handle these requests right, it’s only going to get worse.

What happened

The employer provided workers at Pittsburgh International Airport to handle ticketing, boarding, disembarkation, and that kind of stuff for airlines that didn’t have enough of a presence to have their own ground crews on site.

She went out on maternity leave in March 2022 and returned to work

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